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Definition of black-and-white

Overview of noun black-and-white

The noun black and white has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. written communication, written language, black and white

(communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

2. black and white, monochrome

(a black-and-white photograph or slide)

Overview of adj black-and-white

The adj black-and-white has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. black-and-white

(lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black; "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes")

2. black-and-white, black and white

(not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white")

3. black-and-white

(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")