the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

[ Syn: nighttime , dark ]

a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

the period spent sleeping; I had a restless night'

the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; three nights later he collapsed'

darkness; it vanished into the night'

a shortening of nightfall; they worked from morning to night'

the time between sunset and midnight; he watched television every night'

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

[ Syn: nox , night ]