sundown
sundown · sundowns
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Abenddämmerung
SunsetSunset.
/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
» The sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown.
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2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)Sunset.
We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.
(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 sentencesThe sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown.
Tom worked from sunup to sundown.
Tom arrived home at sundown.
Leonid didn't leave the campsite after sundown.
We need to repair the fence before sundown.
Origin
From sun + down.From sun + down.
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Forms
plural: sundownsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedsundown town
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.