MIDDLE WATCH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

Synonyms:

graveyard watch; middle watch; midwatch; night watch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("middle watch" is a kind of...):

watch (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)

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