pitch-black
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pitch-black
(pĭch′blăk′)adj.
Extremely dark; black as pitch.
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pitch-black
adj
1. extremely dark; unlit: the room was pitch-black.
2. (Colours) of a deep black colour
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pitch′-black′
adj.
extremely black or dark as pitch.
[1590–1600]
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Adj. | 1. | pitch-black - extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" |
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pitch-black
pitch-darkadjective dark, black, jet, raven, ebony, sable, unlit, jet-black, inky, Stygian, pitchy, unilluminated a pitch-black winter morning
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pitch-black
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pitch-black
[ˌpɪtʃˈblæk‘] (also pitch-dark) adj → nero/a come la pecethe room was pitch-black → nella stanza c'era un buio pesto
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pitch2
(pitʃ) noun a thick black substance obtained from tar. as black as pitch.
ˌpitch-ˈblack, ˌpitch-ˈdark adjective as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark. Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night.
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