English Explanatory Dictionary

black-jack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sphalerite; zincblende.
  2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to colour wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
  3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
  4. A water oak or barren oak (Quercus nigra).
  5. A native African longshoreman or sailor working on a boat.
  6. A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
  7. A larva of a sawfly of species Athalia rosae (syns. Athalia centifolia, A. spinarum).
  8. Alternative form of blackjack.

Word forms

black-jack black-jacks
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