midnight

About 8.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

   Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.

2. noun Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
3. noun Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
4. adjective Utterly dark or black.

Similar words

noon evening night middle mid north twelve abyss marine marino

Often followed by

and on the when to of in sun hour

Word family

midnightly midnights