Meanings
nounpitch darkness (uncountable)
- uncountableIntense darkness with no light whatsoever.
The trip is interesting, but hard to describe in pitch darkness.
2020 March 25, Steve Roberts, “Parly-vous?”, in RAIL, page 691 more example
To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good.
1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342
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pitch darkness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitch%20darkness
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“pitch darkness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitch%20darkness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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