SHIP'S BELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ship's bell mean? 

• SHIP'S BELL (noun)
  The noun SHIP'S BELL has 1 sense:

1. (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.

  Familiarity information: SHIP'S BELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIP'S BELL (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.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

bell; ship's bell

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)