black and white
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A police patrol car.
- The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
- A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
- A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
- Alternative form of black and white.
Adjective
- Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
- Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
- Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
- Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
- Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).
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