Big Ben

Big Ben

1. The hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower (formerly known as the Clock Tower), adjacent to the Houses of Parliament in London in the United Kingdom.
2. (by metonomy) The clock tower itself.
   • 2015, Dorothea Benton Frank, Carolina Girls

     He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.

• The name Big Ben officially refers to the bell, but is almost invariably used to refer to the London landmark itself. The landmark is officially called Elizabeth Tower.

• (clock): Great Clock

• ebbing

Borrowed from English Big Ben.

Big Ben m

1. Big Ben (the hour bell in London)
2. (by extension) Big Ben (the clocktower itself)

Borrowed from English Big Ben.

Big Ben m

1. Big Ben (the hour bell in London)

Borrowed from English Big Ben.

Big Ben m

1. Big Ben (the hour bell in London)
2. (by extension) Big Ben (the clocktower itself)