chime

noun

A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.

verb

To make the sound of a chime.
I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
To agree; to correspond.
The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

noun

The top of a ridge.
The spine of an animal.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
The back of the blade on a scythe.

The plural form of chime is: chimes.
Languages in which chime is used:
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