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[ pich-blak ] / ˈpɪtʃˈblæk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pitch-black ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night. Origin of pitch-blackFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby pitch-blackpitch accent, pitch-and-putt, pitch-and-run shot, pitch-and-toss, pitchbend, pitch-black, pitchblende, pitch chain, pitch chisel, pitch circle, pitch-cone angle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pitch-blackAs I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles. Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Louie, on the other hand, shifts effortlessly between outright humor, comedy of the uncomfortable, and pitch-black satire. Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ & Louis C.K.’s ‘Louie’: Comedy Clash|Jace Lacob|June 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST Chris Lee on the pitch-black pre-nuptial Indie comedy premiering at Sundance. At Sundance, Icy Kirsten Dunst Leads Pitch-Black Comedy ‘Bachelorette’|Chris Lee|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST A faint orange light illuminated the checkpoint on the pitch-black highway in eastern Libya last night. Four Missing New York Times Journalists|Babak Dehghanpisheh|March 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So there I stood in the pitch-black dark, while all kinds of animals which I couldn't see chattered and jostled around me. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle|Hugh Lofting It was pitch-black; the riding light of the Pied Witch was still there, looking no bigger than a firefly. Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy Termitaries, as far as the entomologist knew, were pitch-black places which no ray of light ever entered. The Raid on the Termites|Paul Ernst The night was pitch-black and the blackness was intensified by intermittent streaks of lightning. The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie How then could one expect him to put up a mosquito net in the pitch-black darkness in a country where every tree has got a thorn? Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey
British Dictionary definitions for pitch-black
adjectiveextremely dark; unlitthe room was pitch-black of a deep black colour Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pitch-blackbrunet, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebony, inky, jet, jetty, livid, murky, onyx, pitch, sable, shadowy, slate, somber, sooty, swarthy, charcoal |