nighttime

Definitions

1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
   countable, uncountable
2. The time between sunset and sunrise.
3. Occurring in or appropriate for use during the night: nighttime activities; nighttime attire.
4. the time between evening and morning.
5. The period of time between sunset and sunrise:night.

Equivalents

Examples

“Nighttime fell like⟳ the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time”

“Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.”

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