Nightfall \Night"fall`\, n.
The close of the day; the arrival of the night; the period at
and just after dusk. --Swift.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nightfall
n : the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn:
twilight, dusk, gloaming, evenfall, fall, crepuscule,
crepuscle]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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