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Synonyms for black-and-white
black-and-white
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black-and-whiteadjective
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monochromeblack-and-whiteadjective
Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
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monochromeblack-and-whiteadjective
Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
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monochrome
Princeton's WordNet
written communication, written language, black and whitenoun
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
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monochrome, written communication, written language, black and whiteblack and white, monochromeadjective
a black-and-white photograph or slide
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monochrome, written communication, written language, black and whiteblack-and-whiteadjective
lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
"a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"
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black and white(p)black-and-white, black and white(p)adjective
not having or not capable of producing colors
"black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
black-and-whiteadjective
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
"he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
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black and white(p)
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List of paraphrases for "black-and-white":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6979 | mono | |
#21345 | monochrome |
How to use black-and-white in a sentence?
Only a colored look can see a black and white photo.
That feeling that became Egypt for me for this period became something of the past very quickly. ... Black and white fit in for that.
It said: first black and white basketball game in college, Duke medical and North Carolina College for Negroes, 1944,' i couldn’t believe my eyes: 1944.
We promote Asian storytelling. Not just Asian stories, but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience, when you say,' Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians, it's more black and white, that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics.
This is the ugly truth of America. It was there like literally and figuratively in black and white. We saw it. We see it daily, it shows what kind of America we live in now and what kind of America it will be with Trump at the helm.
Translations for black-and-white
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- černobílýCzech
- schwarzweiß, Schwarz und weiß, monochromeGerman
- μαύρο και άσπροGreek
- nigrblanka, negroblankaEsperanto
- blanquinegro, blanco y negroSpanish
- monokromatiko, zuribeltzBasque
- سیاه و سفیدPersian
- mustavalkoinen, mustavalko-Finnish
- noir et blancFrench
- काला और सफेदHindi
- hitam dan putihIndonesian
- bianco e neroItalian
- שחור ולבןHebrew
- 黒白, 白黒Japanese
- niger et albusLatin
- svart og hvitNorwegian
- monochromatyczny, czarny i biały, czarno-białyPolish
- чёрно-белыйRussian
- svartvitSwedish
- 黑与白Chinese
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