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Search results for ‘chime’

English Dictionary (1-2 of 2)

chime
[tʃaɪm]
  • 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]
  • 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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a half-hour chime half-hour