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

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Her jet-black tresses were slicked back to complete the sleek look. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Sep. 2025 My grandma always slept with curlers in her hair to have perfect spirals the next day, and my mom’s jet-black hair was always long, glossy, and smelled amazing. Natasha López, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025 The body had been drained of blood and scrubbed clean with a coconut-fiber brush, appearing stark white in the sun, in contrast to the victim’s jet-black hair. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025 Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which marks the Korean filmmaker’s first time playing in the Venice Film Festival competition, scored an 8 1/2-minute ovation Friday after the jet-black comedy thriller’s world premiere. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 29 Aug. 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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