Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Sunset.

    We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.

  2. (countable)A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.

More definitions
  • the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Examples

12 sentences

  1. The sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown.

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  2. Tom worked from sunup to sundown.

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  3. Tom arrived home at sundown.

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  4. Leonid didn't leave the campsite after sundown.

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  5. We need to repair the fence before sundown.

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Origin

From sun + down.

From sun + down.

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Forms

plural: sundowns
Singularsundown
Pluralsundowns

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
duskmirkningnightfall
Close in meaning
  • the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon:sunset

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsundown town

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sunburntsundaeSundayA1sundialB1sunflowerA2sunglasssunkensunlightA2
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