# coal black

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.

## Etymology
From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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