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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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