PITCH-DARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitch-dark mean? 

• PITCH-DARK (adjective)
  The adjective PITCH-DARK has 1 sense:

1. extremely dark

  Familiarity information: PITCH-DARK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCH-DARK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely dark

Synonyms:

black; pitch-black; pitch-dark

Context example:

it was pitch-dark in the cellar

Similar:

dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)

 Context examples 

A form was near—what form, the pitch-dark night and my enfeebled vision prevented me from distinguishing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)