nightfall
/ˈnʌɪtfɔːl
/noun
The onset of night; dusk: we had to get back by nightfall...
- By nightfall more than a thousand mourners crammed the streets outside the main gates.
- At nightfall, the ceremony ended with a recorded train whistle sounding over loudspeakers.
- At nightfall they got to within forty yards of the Aboriginal camp before the dogs detected them.
Synonyms
dusk, twilight, sunset, evening, close of day, dark;
North American sundown
literary eventide, gloaming, crepuscule, evenfall
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