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PITCH BLACKNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pitch blackness mean?
• PITCH BLACKNESS (noun)
The noun PITCH BLACKNESS has 1 sense:
1. total absence of light
Familiarity information: PITCH BLACKNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Total absence of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
black; blackness; lightlessness; pitch blackness; total darkness
Context example:
in the black of night
Hypernyms ("pitch blackness" is a kind of...):
dark; darkness (absence of light or illumination)
Derivation:
pitch-black (extremely dark)
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