From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Chronologyduskdusk /dΚsk/ βββ noun [uncountable]TMCBRIGHTthe time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less brightSYN twilight, β dawn, dusk
The street lights go on at dusk.Examples from the Corpusduskβ’ More than a dozen boatsbobbed against the docks, their hulls restless in the approachingdusk.β’ At dusk, passing through the countryside, everything was slowing down for the night.β’ Then by dusk it appears as if snowstorms are blotting out the distant views.β’ On and on they flew until day turned into dusk and they reached the big supermarket on the edge of the town.β’ At daybreak or dusk, the pyramids most resemble the limestonemonuments seen by the old explorers.β’ Her face seemed to glow in the dusk.β’ Nuttyarrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupthalt.β’ It was dusk, it was close to night, though the light lingered tauntingly, and with it the noise.OriginduskOld Englishdox
