Search results for ‘chime’
English Dictionary (1-2 of 2)
- chime
- [tʃaɪm]
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- 1. an individual bell or the sound it makes when struck
- 2. bell a percussion instrument consisting of a set of vertical metal tubes of graduated length, suspended in a frame and struck with a hammer
- 3. the machinery employed to sound a bell in this way
- 4. a harmonious or ringing sound
- 5. agreement; concord
- 6. to sound (a bell) or (of a bell) to be sounded by a clapper or hammer
- 7. to produce (music or sounds) by chiming
- 8. to indicate or show (time or the hours) by chiming
- 9. to summon, announce,...
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- chime
- [tʃaɪm]
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- 1. the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel
- 2. Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb
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Examples (1-1 of 1)
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a half-hour chime
→ half-hour