sun·set

sun·set
/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ noun, pl -sets
1 [noncount] : the time when the sun goes below the horizon in the evening

We arrived just before sunset. [=(chiefly US) sundown]

Prayers begin at sunset.

We worked from sunrise to sunset.

2 : the colors that are in the sky when the sun slowly goes below the horizon
[count]

a beautiful sunset

[noncount]

the golden light of sunset


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