OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13856

chime

/tʃaɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
campanilla
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.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 13857

chime

/tʃaɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tañer
To make the sound of a chime.
I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
coincidir
To agree; to correspond.
Everything chimed in with such a humor.
The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.