Sunset
noun
1.
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
2.
the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.
3.
the time when the sun, sets.
4.
the close or final stage of any period.
adjective
5.
(of an industry, technology, etc.) old; declining:
sunset industries.
6.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sunset law:
to add sunset restrictions to a bill.
noun
1.
the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon
2.
the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance
3.
Also called sundown. the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
4.
the final stage or closing period, as of a person’s life
sundowner
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