noun / verb
chime
CHYME/tʃˈaɪm/
To sound clear, harmonious ringing tones.
The small brass bell chimes as its clapper strikes the rim.
Etymology
Latin cymbalum meant a cymbal, but the English word came to name an arrangement of bells. The sound sense focuses on the clear ringing produced by those bells.
In context
suppose I hear a chime of bells when the last bell of the Chime sounds I can retain the whole chime before my mind
More examples
- A clear chime rings out from the doorway.
- She chimed in with a useful suggestion.
- His explanation chimes with what the witnesses reported.
Forms
chime · chimes · chimed · chiming
Similar words
- ring
- Ring broadly describes resonant sound; chime suggests clear musical tones, often harmonious.