pitch black

English

Adjective

pitch black (comparative more pitch black, superlative most pitch black)

  1. Alternative form of pitch-black.
    • 2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 33:
      "When you think about it, who wants to drive 300 tonnes of steel at 125mph in the pitch black at four o'clock in the morning?" Whelan says this with a wry smile, however, recognising that these are exactly the sort of things that train drivers love about their jobs.