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eclipse

noun B2
MEANING IN ENGLISH

an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination

In context

01

We watched the lunar eclipse through special glasses.

02

The total solar eclipse darkened the sky for several minutes.

Synonyms

obscuration,occultation,blocking

Antonyms

brightness,revelation,exposure

Collocations

solar eclipse,lunar eclipse,total eclipse

Sources

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