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[ noun ] the time of day immediately following sunset

Examples

"he loved the twilight" "they finished before the fall of night"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Hansen arrived just before nightfall , two hours late , in company with Lee_MacPhail ; J._A._W._Iglehart , chairman of the Oriole board_of_directors , and Public_Relations_Director Jack_Dunn .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

Cover the whole building , bury us all , by nightfall .

Related terms

hour night evening

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