MIDWATCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midwatch mean? 

• MIDWATCH (noun)
  The noun MIDWATCH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MIDWATCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDWATCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

graveyard watch; middle watch; midwatch; night watch

Hypernyms ("midwatch" is a kind of...):

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