jet-black

adjective

ˈjet-ˈblak 

: deep black in color : black as jet

jet-black hair

Examples of jet-black in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Julia Fox morphed into a Gothic doll for Marc Jacobs’ fall 2025 ready-to-wear fashion presentation in New York City on Monday night, with jet-black extensions and shadowy eyes. —Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 July 2025

Because of prison restrictions on hair dye, his normally jet-black mane has now faded into an ashen white. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jet-black

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback