MEANING
The beginning of evening or dusk, when daylight starts to give way to night.
Use it for
Mark the arrival of evening with a deliberately literary tone.Use dusk as a threshold when a familiar place begins to feel uncertain.
Words that belong together
- at evenfall
- before evenfall
- evenfall light
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The last birds fell quiet at evenfall, leaving the orchard to the wind.
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- evenfall
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Usage notes
A literary word for the onset of evening; it is more atmospheric than a precise clock time and is not simply a synonym for midnight.
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