Another word for twilight
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Noun
The period between afternoon and nighttime
- A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.
- The evening star, especially Venus.
- Evening.
- Having a horizontal surface; flat:
- Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth.
- Being in the same plane or line; parallel:
- The approach of darkness; dusk.
- Twilight; dusk.
- Evening.
- The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
- The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime:
- A later period or time:
- The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
- The period immediately preceding a certain event:
- Evening.
- The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
- Tending to darkness; dusky.
- To become or make dark or dusky.
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Another word for twilight
Noun
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- The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
- A first appearance; a beginning:
- To begin to become light in the morning.
- The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.
- The sky as the sun sets:
- A decline or final phase:
- The approach of darkness; dusk.
- Twilight; dusk.
- The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
- Tending to darkness; dusky.
- To become or make dark or dusky.
See also:
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