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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The time between sunset and sunrise.
  • adjective Occurring in or appropriate for use during the night.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The period of the night.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Etymologies

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night +‎ time

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