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- Dictionarychime/CHīm/
noun
- 1. a melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell: "I hear the chimes of the hour from the courthouse"
verb
- 1. (of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time: "the grandfather clock in the next room chimed" Similar
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The meaning of CHIME is the edge or rim of a cask or drum. How to use chime in a sentence.
CHIME definition: 1. (of bells) to make a clear ringing sound: 2. a ringing sound: 3. a set of small bells, or…. Learn more.
noun. an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence. Often chimes. a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck.
n. 1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound. 2. often chimes Music A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument. 3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock. 4. The sound produced by or as if by a bell or bells. 5. Agreement; accord: a flawless chime of romance and reality.
A chime is a ringing sound made by a bell, especially when it is part of a clock. At that moment a chime sounded from the front of the house. The ceremony started as the chimes of midnight struck.
A contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells. A set of bells tuned to a musical scale. A similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck with a hammer. A single bell rung by a hammer, as in a clock.
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHIME. [count] 1. : a device that produces a sound like the sound made by a set of bells. The clock chime struck four. — usually plural. We bought a set of door chimes. — see also wind chime. 2. : the sound made by a set of bells. the chime of church bells. — usually plural.
CHIME definition: If a bell or clock chimes, it rings.. Learn more.
chime. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English chime1 /tʃaɪm/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is The clock in the hall chimed six. 2 [intransitive] to be the same as something else or to have the same effect chime with Her views on life didn’t ...
