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Noun: nighttime  'nIt,tIm
  1. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
    - night, dark

Derived forms: nighttimes

Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span

Part of: 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

Encyclopedia: Nighttime