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pitch-dark

(pĭch′därk′)
adj.
Extremely dark.
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pitch-dark

adj
extremely or completely dark
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pitch′-dark′



adj.
dark or black as pitch.
[1820–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.pitch-dark - extremely darkpitch-dark - extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
pitch-black, 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-dark

adjective
Having little or no light:
black, dark.
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Translations

pitch-dark

[ˈpɪtʃˈdɑːk] ADJ → oscuro como boca de lobo
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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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