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time ball

time ball noun: a large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.

Noun

time ball (plural time balls)

  1. A large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.

Forms of time ball

pluraltime balls

Questions about time ball

What does time ball mean?
Time ball means a large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.
What part of speech is time ball?
Time ball is a noun.
What is the plural of time ball?
The plural of time ball is time balls.

Words near time ball in the dictionary

  1. time attack
  2. time attacks
  3. time average
  4. time averages
  5. time back
  6. time ball
  7. time balls
  8. time bandit
  9. time bandits
  10. time bank
  11. time banking

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