chime

/ˈtʃaɪm/

noun

1
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.
“Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.”
2
An individual ringing component of such a set.
“Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.”
3
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
“The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.”
4
The sound of such an instrument or device.
“The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.”
5
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
“Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.”

1
To make the sound of a chime.
“I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.”
2
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
3
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
4
To agree; to correspond.
“The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.”
5
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

1
The top of a ridge.
2
The spine of an animal.
3
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
4
A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
5
A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
6
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
7
The back of the blade on a scythe.

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