pitch-dark

1. 1.

   extremely dark

   “a black moonless night”

   “through the pitch-black woods”

   “it was pitch-dark in the cellar”

   Synonymsblackpitch-black

   Similardark

Questions about pitch-dark

What does pitch-dark mean?

pitch-dark means "extremely dark".

How many syllables are in pitch-dark?

pitch-dark has 2 syllables and divides as pitch--dark under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.