sunset

sunset

sun·set [sunset sunsets] noun, adjective, verb   [ˈsʌnset]    [ˈsʌnset] 

noun
1. uncountable the time when the sun goes down and night begins

• Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.

2. countable the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening

• a spectacular sunset

3. countable a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end
• There is a five-year sunset on the new tax.  
Example Bank:
• The trees were black against the sunset.
• They sat in the last glow of the sunset.
• We walked along the beach at sunset.
• a beautiful sunset over the bay
• After sunset the temperature drops.
• At the end he gets back on his horse and rides off into the sunset.

• We sat by the river and watched the sunset.

adjective only before noun
1. used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset

• sunset yellow

2. used to describe sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth

• This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer.

3. (of a law or the effect of a law) designed to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time

• a two-year sunset clause in the new law