: deep black in color : black as jet
jet-black hair

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Its jet-black formula glides on with inky precision and dries down to a bulletproof finish that stays sharp for up to 24 hours (yes, really). Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 23 June 2025 Edel evokes the jet-black streets at night and the bunker-like postwar subterranean of Berlin in a way that feels oddly romantic and nostalgia-worthy — especially under the gleaming neon signage of the trendy discotheque Sound — without ever romanticizing a youth-culture-killing drug epidemic. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 June 2025 To present her new romantic dramedy directed by Celine Song (Past Lives) in New York City, Dakota Johnson wore a jet-black satin dress with an asymmetrical neckline by Gucci, which was tied like a scarf around her neck and left her back bare. María Munsuri, Glamour, 8 June 2025 The Receptionist is a jet-black comedy about bureaucracy and complicity that’s biting in its humor and chilling in its relevance. Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for jet-black

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jet-black was in the 15th century

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“Jet-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet-black. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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