sunset, sundown
(noun) the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sundown (countable and uncountable, plural sundowns)
(US) Sunset.
(countable) A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
• dusk, mirkning, nightfall; see also dusk
sundown (third-person singular simple present sundowns, present participle sundowning, simple past and past participle sundowned)
(intransitive) to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at nightfall.
Source: Wiktionary
Sun"down`, n.
1. The setting of the sun; sunset. "When sundown skirts the moor." Tennyson.
2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 February 2025
(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
