Read full poem →‘Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time.’
Dictionary Entry
A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
In a Sentence
“Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. chimesounded chimechime windchime bellschime doorchime clock
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Poetry examples for “chime”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time."
Read full poem →"Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time."
Read full poem →Wake not for the world-heard thunder
Nor the chime that earthquakes toll.
Star may plot in heaven with planet,
Read full poem →See, in mid heaven the sun is mounted; hark,
The belfries tingle to the noonday chime.
'Tis silent, and the subterranean dark
Read full poem →One thing yet there is, that none
Hearing ere its chime be done
Knows not well the sweetest one
Read full poem →One! Two! Three! And his corpse, like a clod,
Beats me into a jelly! The chime,
One! Two! Three! And his dead legs keep time.
Read full poem →And shaking off its lethargy
Ring word-tones like a Christmas chime.
Read full poem →The profits for a time.
No pleasures vain did chime
Of rimes or riots at your feasts,
Read full poem →The profits for a time.
No pleasures vain did chime,
Of rhymes, or riots, at your feasts,