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pitch-black

[ pich-blak ]

adjective

  1. extremely black or dark as pitch:

    a pitch-black night.



pitch-black

adjective

  1. extremely dark; unlit

    the room was pitch-black

  2. 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pitch-black1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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You’d never know the terrible mayhem that was visited on the seat of our national government, or the way our country and democracy were defiled that pitch-black day.

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A power outage had left much of the area pitch-black.

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Spending 35 hours trapped in a pitch-black air pocket in the upturned hull of a boat has taken its toll on Lucianna Galetta, her voice cracking as she recounts her ordeal.

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They lurked in the misty, pitch-black marshes of the River Hull valley.

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Gold, white and an infinite variety of shades of gray emerge from pitch-black darkness.

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