Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smoky black

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: smoky black
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"During the summer months they sport smoky-black plumage, their wings speckled with white spots, but at this time of year they have mottled grey backs with paler underparts, making them difficult to distinguish from the more prolific common redshank (T totanus)."
"Past president Arthur Watson also uses words, wonderful Scots words for snowfall and nightfall, 25 of them rendered in smoky black, each in its own frame."

Usage

Inflected Forms

smoky blacks (plural)

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack cook back mac iraq crack hack

Questions

What does smoky black mean?: A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black.

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