"pitch-dark" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pitch-dark (not comparable)
  1. Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pitch dark Synonyms (absolutely black): coal-black, coal black, dark as night, jet-black, jet black, pitch-black, pitch black Derived forms: pitch darkness Translations (absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch): тъмен като в рог (tǎmen kato v rog) (Bulgarian), 黑沉沉 (hēichēnchēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 漆黑 (qīhēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 墨黑 (mòhēi) (Chinese Mandarin), pikzwart (Dutch), säkkipimeä (Finnish), pilkkopimeä (Finnish), noir comme dans un four (French), stockdunkel (German), stockfinster (German), pilkko pimmiä (Ingrian), dubh dorcha (Irish), chomh dubh le pic (Irish), pesto (Italian), nero come la pece (Italian), 真っ暗な (makkura na) (alt: まっくらな) (Japanese), непрогля́дный (neprogljádnyj) (Russian), беспросве́тный (besprosvétnyj) (Russian), чёрный как смоль (čórnyj kak smolʹ) (english: pitch-black) (Russian), beckmörk (Swedish), топ-торик (top-torik) (Tajik)

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          "roman": "tǎmen kato v rog",
          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
          "word": "тъмен като в рог"
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
          "word": "stockdunkel"
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
          "word": "dubh dorcha"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
          "word": "chomh dubh le pic"
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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          "word": "beckmörk"
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "stockdunkel"
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "dubh dorcha"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "chomh dubh le pic"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "pesto"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "nero come la pece"
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      "alt": "まっくらな",
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      "roman": "makkura na",
      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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      "roman": "neprogljádnyj",
      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
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      "english": "pitch-black",
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      "word": "чёрный как смоль"
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      "sense": "absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch",
      "word": "beckmörk"
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