Overview of noun black_and_white

The noun black and white has 2 senses

• written communication, written language, black and white -- (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))


• black and white, monochrome -- (a black-and-white photograph or slide)

Overview of adj black_and_white

The adj black and white has 1 sense

• black-and-white, black and white -- (not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white")

The adj black-and-white has 2 senses

• black-and-white -- (lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black; "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes")


• black-and-white -- (of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white")