SHIP'S BELL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

Synonyms:

bell; ship's bell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("ship's bell" is a kind of...):

time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

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