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black and white

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Noun

  1. A police patrol car.
  2. The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
  3. A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
  4. A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
  5. Alternative form of black and white.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
  2. Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.
  3. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
  4. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
  5. Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
  6. Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).

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