Noun

(lb) The state of being dark; lack of light.

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*1912 , (Willa Cather),

*:Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.

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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

(lb) Gloom.

(lb) The product of being dark.

(lb) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

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(lb) Evilness, lack of understanding or compassion, reference to death or suffering.

Noun

(lb) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample

, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}

(lb) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

(lb) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

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(lb) Nightfall.

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(lb) Darkness.

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(lb) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

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A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.