'Black and white' definitions:

Definition of 'black and white'

From: WordNet
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" [syn: black-and-white, black and white(p)] [ant: color, colour]
noun
Communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) [syn: written communication, written language, black and white]
noun
A black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: black and white, monochrome]

Definition of 'Black and white'

From: GCIDE
  • White \White\, n. [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. [1913 Webster]
  • Finely attired in a of white. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A white pigment; as, Venice white. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. [1913 Webster]
  • Black and white. See under Black.
  • Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc.
  • White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.
  • White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. --Parr.
  • White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'black and white'

From: GCIDE
  • black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and white\n. print or writing, especially the result of the printing process.
  • Syn: print. [WordNet 1.5] black-and-white

Definition of 'black and white'

From: GCIDE
  • black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing) depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie "Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.
  • Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome. [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'black and white'

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Words containing 'Black and white'