From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cockcrow \Cock"crow\, Cockcrowing \Cock"crow`ing\, n.
The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the
first light of day.
Syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak,
break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise,
sunup.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockcrow
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
{aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}]
[ant: {sundown}, {sunset}]
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