NIGHT WATCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does night watch mean? • NIGHT WATCH (noun)
The noun NIGHT WATCH has 1 sense:
1. a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
Familiarity information: NIGHT WATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NIGHT WATCH (noun)
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 ("night 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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