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crested
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adjective
bearing an heraldic device
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adjective
(= tufted)
(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
golden crested
crested iris
crested oriole
tufted duck
tufted loosestrife
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adjective
(= plumed)
(of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
black
Noun
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The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night.
He stood alone in the black of the night.
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Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin.
There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians.
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If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red)
It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.
black
Adjective
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colored black
The black dog was the color of night.
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If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin.
It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager.
About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black.
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About a race with dark-coloured skin.
More and more universities are offering courses in black history.
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Black coffee or tea has no milk in it.
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If something is black, it is very bad.
The day the war started was a black day in history.
black
Verb
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If you black something, you color it black.
He blacked his boots before the party.
They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside.
A number of lines in the report were blacked out.
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If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down.
After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.
tyrant
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noun
a cruel and oppressive dictator
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noun
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
his father was a tyrant
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noun
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it