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night-fall

night-fall is the archaic form of nightfall.

Meaning of nightfall

Noun

nightfall (countable and uncountable, plural nightfalls)

  1. The close of the day; the coming of night.
    • at nightfall
  2. Nocturnal emission.

Forms of night-fall

pluralnight-falls

Questions about night-fall

What is night-fall the archaic form of?
Night-fall is the archaic form of nightfall.

Words near night-fall in the dictionary

  1. night-carts
  2. night-cellar
  3. night-cellars
  4. night-dress
  5. night-dresses
  6. night-fall
  7. night-falls
  8. night-fear
  9. night-flowering jasmine
  10. night-flowering jasmines
  11. night-fowl

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