sundownnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsʌn.daʊn/us/ˈsʌn.daʊn/the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky:
We left early, anxious to make it back to Florence before/by sundown.
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Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- at the crack of dawn idiom
- bedtime
- circadian
- crepuscular
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- last orders
- lighting-up time
- local time
- lunch hour
- o'clock
- office hours
- opening time
- overnight
- playtime
- rush hour
- twilit
- watershed
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