adjective
extremely dark
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a black moonless night
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through the pitch-black woods
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it was pitch-dark in the cellar
• Syn: ↑black, ↑pitch-dark
• Similar to: ↑dark
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pitch blackness, ↑blackness (for: ↑black)
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/pich"blak"/, adj.
extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.
[1590-1600]
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pitch-blackˈ adjective
Black as pitch
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Main Entry: ↑pitch
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pitch-black UK US adjective
completely black or dark
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pitch-black «PIHCH BLAK», adjective.
very black or dark; pitch-dark: »
He groped along the pitch-black street (Edith Wharton).
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(also pitch-dark) adj. completely dark; as black as pitch
Derivatives:
pitch-blackness n.
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/ˈpıʧˈblæk/ adj
: very dark or black
It's already pitch-black outside.
pitch-black hair
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completely black or dark
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a pitch-black night
Useful english dictionary. 2012.