English noun: nightfall | |||
1. | nightfall (time) the time of day immediately following sunset | ||
Samples | He loved the twilight. They finished before the fall of night. | ||
Synonyms | crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, twilight | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hour, time of day | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | night | ||
Part meronym | eve, even, evening, eventide | ||