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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.pitch-black - extremely darkpitch-black - extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
pitch-dark, black
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-dark
adjective dark, black, jet, raven, ebony, sable, unlit, jet-black, inky, Stygian, pitchy, unilluminated a pitch-black winter morning
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

pitch-black

adjective
Of the darkest achromatic visual value:
black, ebon, ebony, inky, jet, jetty, onyx, pitchy, sable, sooty.
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Translations

pitch-black

[ˈpɪtʃˈblæk] ADJ [night] → oscuro como boca de lobo; [water, sea] → muy oscuro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pitch-black

[ˌpɪtʃˈblæk‘] (also pitch-dark) adj → nero/a come la pece
the room was pitch-black → nella stanza c'era un buio pesto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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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