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black-and-white
('bl/&/k/@/n'/hw//aI/t )

adjective (a)

  • lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black(adj.pert)
    Example:
    A black-and-white cow.
    Black-and-white blooms.
    Black-and-white stripes.
    source: wordnet30
  • not having or not capable of producing colors(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black-and-white film.
    A black-and-white TV.
    Synonym:
    black and white
    Antonym:
    color, colour
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    source: wordnet30
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