Definitions for night

Definitions for (noun) night

Main entry: Nox, Night

Definition: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx


Main entry: night

Definition: darkness

Usage: it vanished into the night


Main entry: night

Definition: the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

Usage: three nights later he collapsed


Main entry: night, nighttime, dark

Definition: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside


Main entry: night

Definition: the time between sunset and midnight

Usage: he watched television every night


Main entry: night

Definition: the period spent sleeping

Usage: I had a restless night


Main entry: night

Definition: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom


Main entry: night

Definition: a shortening of nightfall

Usage: they worked from morning to night


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