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[ noun ] the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Synonyms

sunset

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

It was nearly sundown before they finished the business with Beall and began riding down the stream .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

Grabski sat in a sweat saturated undershirt , cursing the excessive heat which clamped an uneasy stillness before sundown .

Related terms

dawn hour evening

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