Dictionary
bleak
Pronunciation: (blēk), [key]—
adj., -er, -est.
1. bare, desolate, and often windswept:
a bleak plain.
2. cold and piercing; raw:
a bleak wind.
3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary:
a bleak future. bleak
Pronunciation: (blēk), [key]—
n.
a European freshwater fish,
Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.
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