tar-black

English

Etymology

From tar +‎ black.

Adjective

tar-black (not comparable)

1. As black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.

   Synonym: pitch-black

   • 2008, Dan Waddell, The Blood Detective, page 68:

     His night's work done, he slipped back into the tar-black night ... […]

   • 2012, Kat Martin, Heart of Courage:

     It was tar-black outside except for the flickering light of a torch stuck into a holder beside the door.

   • 2019, Rhone Fraser, ‎Natalie King-Pedroso, Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help The Child:

     […] reinvents herself several times until she settles on the persona and name of “Bride” that befits the stunning image she creates of herself with her brilliant white clothes that contrast radically with her tar-black skin.