how to pronounce blacks

/ˈblæks/

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blacks is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of blacks in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a hard time mobilizing blacks and black …”

meanings of blacks

noun:

  1. Plural of Black.
  2. Plural of black.
  3. Soot flying in the air.
  4. A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
  5. Black garments, etc.

verb:

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black.

name:

  1. Plural of Black.

blacks frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word blacks occurs in english on average 16.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics blacks can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that blacks can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to blacks

slackslaxlacksblanksbacksblocksblackedflaxslackerblouse

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