Meanings
- not comparableAs black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
His night's work done, he slipped back into the tar-black night ... […]
2008, Dan Waddell, The Blood Detective, page 682 more examples
It was tar-black outside except for the flickering light of a torch stuck into a holder beside the door.
2012, Kat Martin, Heart of Courage[…] 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.
2019, Rhone Fraser, Natalie King-Pedroso, Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help The ChildSynonyms: pitch-black
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAs black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
Origin
Cite this entry
tar-black. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tar-black
“tar-black.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tar-black. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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