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black-and-white

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: black-and-white

1
 adj
lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
2
 adj
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: black-and-white
1

adj lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black

“a black-and-white cow”
“black-and-white blooms”
“black-and-white stripes”

adj not having or not capable of producing colors

“black-and-white film”
“a black-and-white TV”
Synonyms:
black and white
Antonyms:
color, colour
having or capable of producing colors
2

adj 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”
Synonyms
divided
separated into parts or pieces
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