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GRAVEYARD WATCH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does graveyard watch mean?

• GRAVEYARD WATCH (noun)
The noun GRAVEYARD WATCH has 1 sense:

1. a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

Familiarity information: GRAVEYARD WATCH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAVEYARD WATCH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

graveyard watch; middle watch; midwatch; night watch

Hypernyms ("graveyard watch" is a kind of...):

watch (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)

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