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pitch-black
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pitch-black (pchblk)
adj.
Extremely dark; black as pitch.

pitch-black
adj
1. extremely dark; unlit the room was pitch-black
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a deep black colour
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pitch-black - extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"

pitch-black pitch-dark
adjective dark, black, jet, raven, ebony, sable, unlit, jet-black, inky, Stygian, pitchy, unilluminated a pitch-black winter morning
Translations
pitch-black [ˈpɪtʃˈblæk] ADJ [night] → oscuro como boca de lobo; [water, sea] → muy oscuro
pitch-black [ˌpɪtʃˈblæk‘] (also pitch-dark) adjnero/a come la pece
the room was pitch-black → nella stanza c'era un buio pesto


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There is a pause of a few seconds in pitch-blackness before the next painting is illuminated; each new light triggers a sound track related to the momentarily visible image.
WE HEADED OUT INTO THE PITCH-BLACKNESS THE THIRD MORNING OF OUR HUNT, FRUSTRATION BEST DESCRIBED MY MOOD.
``It's Always Sunny'' is sunny in its pitch-blackness and, like ``Starved,'' an effort to shake up the moribund sitcom.
 
 
 
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