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nightfall

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As a noun, nightfall means the close of the day.

Meanings of nightfall

2 meanings

noun

  1. The close of the day; the coming of night.

    “at nightfall”

  2. The time of day immediately following sunsettime

    “he loved the twilight”

    “they finished before the fall of night”

    Similar: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, evenfall, fall

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noun: the time of day immediately following sunset
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