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BLACK AND WHITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A black-and-white photograph or slide
Synonyms:
black and white; monochrome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("black and white" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
Synonyms:
black and white; written communication; written language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("black and white" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Meronyms (parts of "black and white"):
folio; leaf (a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black and white"):
transcription; written text (something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation)
writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)
piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))
writing ((usually plural) the collected work of an author)
prescription (written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient)
prescription (written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person)
reading; reading material (written material intended to be read)
correspondence (communication by the exchange of letters)
code; codification (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))
print (the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having or not capable of producing colors
Example:
the movie was in black and white
Synonyms:
black-and-white; black and white
Classified under:
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Context examples:
The coat averages 1-3 inches in length and comes in white, black and white, wolf gray, wolf sable (red undercoat with dark gray outer coat), or red, often with darker highlights and sometimes with a dark mask or cap. Height: 22-26 inches (56-66 cm.) Weight: 70-95 pounds (32-43 kg.)
(Alaskan Malamute, NCI Thesaurus)
Looking round, there was the old dame down upon the roadway, with her red whimple flying on the breeze, while the two rogues, black and white, stooped over her, wresting away from her the penny and such other poor trifles as were worth the taking.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The earthy smell, the sunless air, the sensation of the world being shut out, the resounding of the organ through the black and white arched galleries and aisles, are wings that take me back, and hold me hovering above those days, in a half-sleeping and half-waking dream.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It had evidently been newly tuned and put in apple-pie order, but, perfect as it was, I think the real charm lay in the happiest of all happy faces which leaned over it, as Beth lovingly touched the beautiful black and white keys and pressed the bright pedals.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Stay! I have it here—it is always more satisfactory to see important points written down, fairly committed to black and white.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was very near, but not yet in sight; when, in addition to the tramp, tramp, I heard a rush under the hedge, and close down by the hazel stems glided a great dog, whose black and white colour made him a distinct object against the trees.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Well, if that's the idea you can count me out. . . . Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
