daybreak
noun[U]
uk/ˈdeɪ.breɪk/us/ˈdeɪ.breɪk/theperiodin thedaywhenlightfrom thesunbeginstoappearin thesky
Synonyms
dawn
first lightliterary
sunrise
sunupUS
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Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- arvo
- at the crack of dawnidiom
- high noon
- hour
- in broad daylightidiom
- in the dead of night/winteridiom
- last orders
- night
- nocturnally
- noon
- noontime
- o'clock
- office hours
- the witching hour
- twilit
- workday
- working day