daytime

day·time

the time between dawn and dusk; also, the time between sunrise and sunset

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daytime

noun

The time between sunrise and sunset.

adjective

Occurring in or appropriate for use during the day: daytime tasks; daytime clothes.

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural daytimes)

The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
Happening during the day.
daytime television

Anagrams

Maytide

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During the daytime the surface of the stone may become very warm, while at night it is speedily cooled.
In the daytime he continued his researches in Semitic philology.
It is thoroughly terrestrial, selecting for its retreat in the daytime holes made by small mammals, or interstices between stones.
Daytime, within which distress for rent must be made, is from sunrise to sunset (Tulton v.
Their habits are nocturnal, and during the daytime they cling to the trunks or limbs of trees head downwards in a state of repose.

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