black cloth

collocation in English

meaningsofblackandcloth

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black
adjective
uk
/blæk/us
/blæk/
having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very ...
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cloth
noun
uk
/klɒθ/us
/klɑːθ/
(a type of) ...
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(Definition ofblackandclothfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblack cloth

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Theblackclotheased counting and collection of eggs.
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The dark group was raised in a darkroom and its cage was additionally covered withblackclothto completely exclude any motion cues.
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A bird responds to a bigblackclothjust as it does to a bird bigger than itself.
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Covering the top of the frame withblackcloth, blue cloth or thatch then provided additional shading.
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The trap was a 1 x 1-m square, 15-cm-high wooden frame embedded 5 cm deep in the soil and covered with strongblackclothon top.
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There has been very great competition to getblackclothfor black-out purposes and it has been run up to an enormous price.
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If a man has to be told what is to his economic advantage, he is already on the way out, with ablackclothover the top of him.
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We are told that it is cruel to put ablackclothon a cage in order that when the cloth is removed the bird will sing.
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Based on historical records the king was said to have decorated a gold flower on the back of hisblackclothhat.
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Women often cover their bodies with masses of raffia orblackcloth.
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For the previous 30 or 40 minutes our heads had been under theblackclothshielding the cathode-ray tubes.
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A descendant of a riding cloak, the chimere resembles an academic gown but without sleeves, and is usually made of scarlet orblackcloth.
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The edge of this platform can be seen, draped with ablackcloth, across the foreground of the picture.
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Many of the mourners carried candles and wore black dress; some pastedblackclothacross their mouths.
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To the table's extreme left is a chair with a large document-case andblackclothon it.
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In addition to the tradition of half-mast, the national flag topped byblackclothmay be flown to designate mourning.
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The reel of original footage is then removed and a piece ofblackclothis placed behind the glass.
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This model was then filmed on video with ablackclothbackground as it revolved on a turntable.
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The 4 main seats areblackclothwith a blue hexagon pattern andblackclothsides.
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