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dusks

dusks is the plural of dusk.

Meaning of dusk

Noun

dusk (countable and uncountable, plural dusks)

  1. The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
    • Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace.
    Synonyms:
    evenfall
  2. A darkish colour.
    • Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  3. The condition of being dusky; duskiness

See all 6 meanings of dusk

Questions about dusks

What is dusks the plural of?
Dusks is the plural of dusk.

Words near dusks in the dictionary

  1. duskishness
  2. duskless
  3. dusklight
  4. duskly
  5. duskness
  6. dusks
  7. duskside
  8. dusksides
  9. dusktime
  10. duskus
  11. duskward

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