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Black and white Common

Black and white has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

a black-and-white photograph or slide

3

A police patrol car.

Adjective
1

not having or not capable of producing colors

"black-and-white film"

"a black-and-white TV"

"the movie was in black and white"

2

Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)

Example Sentences
"black-and-white film" adjective
"a black-and-white TV" adjective
"the movie was in black and white" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
colour
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
communication photograph
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
transcription writing prescription reading correspondence code print
Rhyming Words
ite hite kite qite wite lite bite fite mite vite yite site nite dite gite rite cite elite smite quite
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