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1915 painting by Kazimir Malevich
Black Square (Russian: Чёрный квадрат) is a 1915 oil on linen canvas painting by the Russian avant-garde artist and theorist Kazimir Malevich. There are
Black_Square
Square in Ghana
Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square, is a public square in Accra, Ghana, bordered by the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial
Black_Star_Square
Topics referred to by the same term
Black Square is a 1915 painting by Kazimir Malevich. Black Square may also refer to: Black Square (album), by DD/MM/YYYY, 2009 Black Square (band), a
Black_Square_(disambiguation)
Shape with four equal sides and angles
In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles. Squares are special cases of rectangles
Square
2008 video game
DJMax Portable Black Square (Korean: 디제이맥스 포터블 블랙 스퀘어, dijeimaegseu poteobeul beullaeg seukweeo; abbr.: DMP:BS) is a music game for the PlayStation Portable
DJMax_Portable_Black_Square
Russian artist and painter (1879–1935)
a system of pure geometric abstraction on monochromatic grounds. His Black Square (1915), first shown at the Last Futurist Exhibition 0,10 in Petrograd
Kazimir_Malevich
Darkest color
movement in the 2010s and 2020s. It also popularized the slogan "Black is Beautiful". Black Square, Kazimir Malevich, 1915 Queen Marie of Romania, Constantin
Black
Block of Unicode symbols
Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF. The BLACK CIRCLE is displayed when typing in a password field, in order to hide characters
Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)
Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)
June 2, 2020, protest against racism and police brutality
station in celebration of Black music. On Facebook and Instagram, users participated by posting a single photo of a black square alongside the hashtag #blackouttuesday
Blackout_Tuesday
1992 Russian film
Black Square is a 1992 Russian crime film directed by Yuri Moroz. The film tells about operatives who, at the risk of their lives, are investigating a
Black_Square_(1992_film)
Black Square is an American ska band from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Originally formed in 2002 as a hardcore punk trio, Black Square expanded into
Black_Square_(band)
Early-20th-century Russian art movement
The stage curtain was a black square. One of the drawings for the backcloth shows a black square divided diagonally into a black and a white triangle. Because
Suprematism
four symbols a black square a white square a black circle a white circle and told by the experimenter "I have picked one colour (black or white) and one
THOG_problem
Grid-based word puzzle
A crossword is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares with numbers on the corners, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries")
Crossword
Canadian band
On 17 March 2009, DD/MM/YYYY released their third and final album, Black Square. The album garnered much national, and international press for the band
DD/MM/YYYY
Chess piece
the game of chess. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square vertically, jumping over other
Knight_(chess)
2009 studio album by DD/MM/YYYY
Black Square is an album by the group DD/MM/YYYY. In 2009, it was released in Canada (We Are Busy Bodies) on March 17; in Europe (Deleted Art) on August
Black_Square_(album)
Fictional character from Scooby-Doo
short red pleated skirt, knee high socks, Mary Jane shoes, and a pair of black square glasses, which she frequently loses and is unable to see without. She
Velma_Dinkley
1924 painting by Kazimir Malevich
work depicts a monumental perfect black circle floating on a flat white background. It is, along with his Black Square of 1915, one of his most well known
Black_Circle
Insincere or self-serving activism
LGBTQ+ movements or changing one's profile picture to a black square to show support for Black Lives Matter. The term performative activism implies that
Performative_activism
Species of butterfly
Stempfferia gordoni, the brown black-square epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The family was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce
Stempfferia_gordoni
2016 single album by Blackpink
Square One is the debut single album by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released digitally on August 8, 2016, by YG Entertainment. Lyrics on
Square_One_(single_album)
Computer format for recording chess games
the white is h1, and the rightmost (from white's perspective) square closest to black side is h8. In a few cases, a more detailed representation is needed
Portable_Game_Notation
Compact astronomical body
average density of a black hole inside its Schwarzschild radius is inversely proportional to the square of its mass: supermassive black holes are much less
Black_hole
1918 painting by Kazimir Malevich
the October Revolution. The white square is one of the Malevich's three suprematist squares, the other two being black and red. Part of a series of "white
White_on_White
Chess convention for first and second player
The 64 squares of the chessboard, which is colored in a checkered pattern, are likewise the "white squares" or "light squares", and "black squares" or "dark
White_and_Black_in_chess
1913 Russian Futurist opera
opera has become notable as the event where Malevich made his first Black Square, as part of a design for a curtain. The first performance was organised
Victory_over_the_Sun
Painting by Kazimir Malevich
white field. The red square is one of the Malevich's three suprematist squares, the other two being black and white. Red Square is currently in the collection
Red_Square_(painting)
Two-dimensional fractal
known as a T-square. It can be generated from using this algorithm: Draw a black square. For each convex corner in the image, draw another square, centered
T-square_(fractal)
Shape in mathematics of domino tiling
diamond. Each tile will cover exactly one black square. Vertical tiles where the top square covers a black square, is colored in one color, and the other
Aztec_diamond
Unicode character block
∎ END OF PROOF in the Mathematical Operators Unicode block. U+25A0 ■ BLACK SQUARE in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block. Box-drawing characters Code page
Block_Elements
piece on a square next to the enemy king, forcing the king to abandon the defense of another square. For example (see diagram), the black queen has interposed
Glossary_of_chess
Abbreviation at completion of a proof
mathematical texts. Paul Halmos claims to have pioneered the use of a solid black square (or rectangle) at the end of a proof as a Q.E.D. symbol, a practice which
Q.E.D.
Multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City, U.S.
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, U
Madison_Square_Garden
1915 painting by Kazimir Malevich
pure abstraction. Malevich chose a square format for this painting. Against a white parchment background, a black cross occupies the entire canvas. It
Black_Cross_(painting)
1915–1916 Russian exhibition
the exhibition were Malevich's Black Square, Tatlin's Corner Counter Reliefs, and Olga Rozanova's Metronome. Black Square was seen by some visitors as being
0,10_Exhibition
Species of butterfly
Stempfferia staudingeri, the black-square epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat
Stempfferia_staudingeri
1937 film by Archie Mayo
use of a Klan-like insignia: a white cross on a red background with a black square. A judge threw out the case. Location shooting took place in private
Black_Legion_(film)
American free Black leader and Freemason (c. 1736 – 1807)
StevesTravelGuide. p. 53. GGKEY:8BK57CWLHRF. Walkes, Joseph (1981). Black Square & Compass. Richmond, Virginia: Macoy. p. 3. Gray, David (2003). Inside
Prince_Hall
World War II US aircraft markings
bar; 484th BG: bow-tie. 55th Bomb Wing Large black square in upper half of the fin, lower half painted black with a yellow symbol superimposed. 460th BG:
USAAF unit identification aircraft markings
USAAF_unit_identification_aircraft_markings
Species of mammal
its square upper lip, as opposed to the pointed or hooked lip of the black rhinoceros. These species are now sometimes referred to as the square-lipped
Black_rhinoceros
Special pawn move in chess
white and black." By retrograde analysis convention, a pawn may be captured en passant only if it can be proven to have advanced two squares on the previous
En_passant
the banner (rāya) of Prophet Muhammad: what is it? He said: "it was a black square from Namira." mand (2017). "History of the Star and Crescent". steemit
Symbols_of_Islam
Art museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
and relocated to the Russian Museum. These included Kazimir Malevich's Black Square. The main building of the museum is the Mikhailovsky Palace, the Neoclassical
Russian_Museum
Group of artists led by Kazimir Malevich
responsibility for all works produced. They signed all works with a solitary black square, a homage to a previous artwork by Malevich. This would become the de
UNOVIS
Rules of play for the game of chess
placed on the central square of the same color of that of the piece: white queen on the white square and black queen on the black square. The king takes the
Rules_of_chess
Student-led demonstrations in China
workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
2015 spy-themed board game
(red squares); others represent blue agents (blue squares); one represents the assassin (black square); the rest are innocent bystanders (beige squares).
Codenames_(board_game)
Infinite series summable to 1/3
large square is taken to have area 1, then the largest black square has area 1/2 × 1/2 = 1/4. Likewise, the second largest black square has area
1/4_+_1/16_+_1/64_+_1/256_+_⋯
City square in Cairo, Egypt
Square (Arabic: ميدان صلاح الدين, lit. 'Saladin Square'), known historically as Al-Rumaila Square (Arabic: ميدان الرميلة, lit. 'Sandy Square'), Black
Salah_al-Din_Square
1977 film by Vincent McEveety
246 GT: black, black number 67 in a white square, amber blinkers Lotus Elan S3: gold, black roof, black number 118 Triumph GT6: dark blue or black, Leyland
Herbie_Goes_to_Monte_Carlo
Intersection and area in Manhattan, New York
Times Square is one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, tourist destinations, and entertainment hubs. It is formed by the junction of Broadway
Times_Square
Chess piece
the black queen starts on d8. With the chessboard oriented correctly, the white queen starts on a white square and the black queen starts on a black square—thus
Queen_(chess)
Upcoming video game remake
Ubisoft Really Wants You to Know Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Is Not an RPG". Push Square. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced
Japanese entertainment company
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing
Square_Enix
National Basketball Association team in Cleveland, Ohio
way down a net, surrounded by a black square and the word "CAVS" in blue with black line below. The 1994–1996 black uniforms were revived for the 2019–20
Cleveland_Cavaliers
Two-dimensional Turing machine with emergent behavior
behavior. It was invented by Chris Langton in 1986 and runs on a square lattice of black and white cells. The idea has been generalized in several different
Langton's_ant
Japanese manga series
Undertaker's plans. Written and illustrated by Yana Toboso, Black Butler started in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy on September 16
Black_Butler
Effect of psychological interference on reaction time
created: names of colors appeared in black ink, names of colors in a different ink than the color named, and squares of a given color. In the first experiment
Stroop_effect
Chess variant
that begin on a black square must always stay on a black square and pieces that begin on a white square must always stay on a white square. This would mean
Monochromatic_chess
1965 GRP sailing dinghy
The Beaufort sail mark is a trumpet with a black square beneath and a white "B" within the black square. "The West Country Cruise on the River Tamar
Beaufort_(dinghy)
1897 monograph by Alphonse Allais
Malevich's Black Square and Red Square printings by nearly two decades. It was reported in 2015 that X-ray analysis of one version of Malevich's Black Square had
Album_primo-avrilesque
Polish poet, essayist and critic
Poem in The New Yorker Poems in Boston Review Poems on AGNIonline Poems in Poetry Daily The Rumpus about Black Square Harvard Review about Black Square
Tadeusz_Dąbrowski
2016 single album by Blackpink
Square Two is the second single album by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released digitally on November 1, 2016, by YG Entertainment and was
Square_Two
Geometric shape formed from six squares
number of black squares will be covered in any arrangement. However, any rectangle of 210 squares will have 105 black squares and 105 white squares, and therefore
Hexomino
of the manga series Black Butler are written and illustrated by Japanese mangaka Yana Toboso and have been serialized in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy
List_of_Black_Butler_chapters
American post-rock band
(limited to 100 copies) Paper White (2005) Big Black Square (2005) Ghost Weight (2005) Paper White / Big Black Square (2005) Home Ruckus (2005) (limited to 500
Tarentel_(band)
Paintings made with a single color
Kazimir Malevich. This was a variation on or sequel to his 1915 work Black Square on a White Field, a very important work in its own right to 20th century
Monochrome_painting
Any board used in the game chess
consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colors of squares, one light and
Chessboard
Monument in Ghana
The Black Star Gate is a monument located in Accra, Ghana, at the center of Black Star Square (formerly Independence Square). The gate is topped with
Black_Star_Gate
3⁄8 in (9.5 mm) line: vermilion, square corners 1 in (25 mm) band: black, square corners 1⁄4 in (6.4 mm) line: yellow, square corners The UTA roundel, 14-inch
NCC_Class_S1
Japanese manga series
illustrated by Tsuyoshi Takaki [ja], Black Torch was serialized in Shueisha's monthly shōnen manga magazine Jump Square from December 31, 2016, to March 2
Black_Torch
English heavy metal band
Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist
Black_Sabbath
American politician (born 1951)
Barack Obama's section of the collage was represented by a black square with two eyeballs. Black's reprimand of her aide was criticized as too lenient by
Diane_Black
US interrogation compound in Chicago, Illinois
lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site." Ackerman asserted that the Homan Square facility was the "scene of secretive work by special
Homan_Square_facility
2009 video game
attempting to collect all of the black squares that appear, causing the void to grow; however, if hit players hit a white square, the void will be reduced to
Bit.Trip_Void
the size, with a black square over the RASC sign, the unit information of the troop being transported being chalked on the black square. Headquarters, provost
British military vehicle markings of World War II
British_military_vehicle_markings_of_World_War_II
Method to convey chess moves
moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers
Algebraic_notation_(chess)
South Korean girl group
Retrieved December 16, 2018. Herman, Tamar (June 15, 2018). "BlackPink Release 'Square Up' EP Fronted by Sharp-Shooting 'Ddu-Du Ddu-Du' Music Video"
Blackpink
American art historian
to The Thing. Trembling Hand Equilibrium (Black Square Editions) Book Left Open in the Rain (Black Square Editions/The Brooklyn Rail) 12 Abandoned Poems
Barry_Schwabsky
2008 rhythm video game
songs from DJMax Clazziquai Edition, DJMax Technika, and DJMax Portable Black Square. The BGAs are compatible with wide-screen displays. Almost all BGAs are
DJMax_Trilogy
2025 video game
(November 24, 2025). "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Just Had the Worst Japanese Retail Launch in Series History". Push Square. Archived from the original on November
Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_7
Public square in London, England
Trafalgar Square (/trəˈfælɡər/ trə-FAL-gər) is a public square in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was established in the early 19th century
Trafalgar_Square
On domino tiling after removing two corners
Max Black in 1946 that asks: Suppose a standard 8×8 chessboard (or checkerboard) has two diagonally opposite corners removed, leaving 62 squares. Is it
Mutilated_chessboard_problem
Feature of chess relating to both kings' positions
squares are corresponding squares (also known as relative squares, sister squares, or coordinate squares) if the occupation of one of these squares by
Corresponding_squares
Words can be read horizontally and vertically
A word square is a type of acrostic. It consists of a set of words written out in a square grid, such that the same words can be read both horizontally
Word_square
Number whose square is a given number
mathematics, a square root of a number x is a number y such that y 2 = x {\displaystyle y^{2}=x} ; in other words, a number y whose square (the result of
Square_root
Strategy board game
jumps with coordinates (3,1) rather than (2,1) so as to stay on the black squares), and men reaching the back rank promote to a bishop, camel, or king
Checkers
Sailing yacht launched in 2016
rigid yards and acts as a square rig. Each of Black Pearl's masts supports six yards, which, unlike a conventional square rigger, have built-in camber
Black_Pearl_(yacht)
Species of bird
subspecies of the black bulbul. Alternative names for the square-tailed bulbul include the south Indian black bulbul and the square-tailed black bulbul. Two
Square-tailed_bulbul
Species of bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus), or simply black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear which is endemic to North America. It is the continent's
American_black_bear
Railway sign
Railways Group comprise a yellow square with a black cross, while private railways and subway systems utilize a black square with the kanji "笛" (てき, 'whistle')
Whistle_post
Two-player abstract strategy board game
board with 10x10 chequered squares. One player has green markings on white pieces, and the other player has red markings on black pieces. Salta should not
Salta_(game)
American writer of experimental poetry
poetry. Velocities, 2002. Fathom. Black Square Editions, 2003. Neo-surrealism: Or, The Sun At Night. Black Square Editions, 2004. The Cry at Zero: Selected
Andrew_Joron
Punctuation mark
(Latin: luna). Most typewriters only had the left and right round brackets. Square brackets appeared with some teleprinters. Braces (curly brackets) first
Bracket
Garden square in Farringdon in the London Borough of Islington
north side of the square. It was established near a 1348 plague pit, which formed the largest mass grave in London during the Black Death, and tens of
Charterhouse_Square
Logic puzzle
non-black squares off from the remainder of the grid. When two pairs of identical numbers form a square in the corner of a grid, the corner square and
Hitori
American poet and critic
ISBN 978-0-9669677-3-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Me with Animal Towering. Black Square Editions. 2002. ISBN 978-0-97124-851-9. Letters from Mayhem, illustrated
Albert_Mobilio
2010 video game
introduced in Black Square and used in Fever and Trilogy, has been removed. The green 'Specialized Note' introduced in DJMax Portable Black Square and DJ Max
DJMax_Portable_Hot_Tunes
Flag used to identify important military leaders
period in Japan. Arima Toyouji Large Battle Standards: black square on white base (right), triple black feather balls (left) Hori Naoyori Battle Standards:
Uma-jirushi
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
British, English
White
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Clac, which is from Old English Clacc or the Old Norse cognate Klakkr. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man. Reaney suggests that it could also be from clacker ‘chatterer’.
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slack, ‘lazy’, ‘careless’.English : topographic name from northern Middle English slack ‘shallow valley’ (Old Norse slakki), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.Scottish (Dumfriesshire) : habitational name, maybe from Slake or Slack in Roberton, Roxburghshire (now part of Borders region).It may also be an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Slak, a nickname from slak ‘bindweed’.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Boy/Male
Czechoslovakian
Black.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lake.North German : variant of Laack.Hungarian : from a short form of the personal name László (see Laszlo).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English flack, flak ‘turf’, ‘sod’ (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter.North German : topographic name probably derived from a lost word denoting stagnant water.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Free from Anger
Boy/Male
Indian
Gift of God; Health; Name of God Kamdev
Girl/Female
Indian
Boy/Male
Indian
The redeemer
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Son of David; David's Son; Dear One; Beloved
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, German
Battle Counselor
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Decent
Boy/Male
Tamil
Snake
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Hair Like Snake
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
King of Kings
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
BLACK SQUARE
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
a.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
a.
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
a.
Black as pitch or tar.
a.
Having black eyes.
a.
Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
a.
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
n. pl.
Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
a.
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
a.
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
n.
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.