evenfall

evenfall
noun
the time of day immediately following sunset
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he loved the twilight

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they finished before the fall of night

Syn:
twilight, ↑dusk, ↑gloaming, ↑gloam, ↑nightfall, ↑fall, ↑crepuscule, ↑crepuscle
Derivationally related forms: ↑crepuscular (for: ↑crepuscle), ↑crepuscular (for: ↑crepuscule), ↑dusky (for: ↑dusk)
Hypernyms: ↑hour, ↑time of day
Hyponyms: ↑night
Part Holonyms: ↑evening, ↑eve, ↑even, ↑eventide

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: even (I) + fall
: the beginning of evening

all through the quiet evenfall — P.G.Wodehouse

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/ee"veuhn fawl'/, n.
the beginning of evening; twilight; dusk.
[1805-15; EVEN2 + FALL]

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evˈenfall noun
Early evening, twilight
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