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Meaning of "bell tower" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELL TOWER

bell tower  [bɛl ˈtaʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELL TOWER

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Bell tower is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BELL TOWER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bell tower

Bell tower

A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. Modern bell towers often contain carillons. The Italian term campanile, deriving from the word 'campana' meaning bell, is synonymous with 'bell tower'; in English it tends to be used to refer to freestanding bell towers. A bell tower may also be called a belfry, though this term may also refer to the substructure that houses the bells rather than the tower as a whole. Old bell towers may be kept for their historic or iconic value, though in countries with a strong campanological tradition they often continue to serve their original purposes as well. Bell towers are common in China and neighbouring countries, where they may appear both as part of a temple complex and as an independent civic building. The tallest free-standing bell tower in the world, approximately 110 m, is the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, located at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Definition of bell tower in the English dictionary

The definition of bell tower in the dictionary is a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELL TOWER


cauliflower
ˈkɒlɪˌflaʊə
empower
ɪmˈpaʊə
flour
ˈflaʊə
flower
ˈflaʊə
horsepower
ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə
hour
aʊə
kowtower
ˌkaʊˈtaʊə
manpower
ˈmænˌpaʊə
minitower
ˈmɪnɪˌtaʊə
our
aʊə
out-tower
ˌaʊtˈtaʊə
overtower
ˌəʊvəˈtaʊə
power
ˈpaʊə
shower
ˈʃaʊə
sour
ˈsaʊə
stour
staʊə
sunflower
ˈsʌnˌflaʊə
tower
ˈtaʊə
twenty-four-hour
ˈtwɛntɪˌfɔːʳˈaʊə
watchtower
ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELL TOWER

bell bronze
bell buoy
bell captain
bell crank
bell glass
bell heather
bell jar
bell magpie
bell metal
bell moth
bell pepper
bell pull
bell punch
bell push
bell rope
bell sheep
bell tent
bell the cat
bell-bottomed
bell-bottomed trousers

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELL TOWER

bestower
blower
clock tower
conning tower
control tower
cooling tower
follower
ivory tower
lower
Martello tower
mooring tower
mower
observation tower
peel tower
round tower
shot tower
signal tower
stower
traffic control tower
water tower

Synonyms and antonyms of bell tower in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bell tower» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELL TOWER

Find out the translation of bell tower to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bell tower from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bell tower» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钟楼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campanario
570 millions of speakers

English

bell tower
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घंटी टॉवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برج الجرس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колокольня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torre sineira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘণ্টা টাওয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le clocher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menara loceng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glockenturm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鐘楼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨 타워
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menara lonceng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tháp chuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணிக்கூண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल टॉवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çan kulesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campanile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzwonnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дзвіниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bell Tower
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμπαναριό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klok toring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klocktorn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klokketårn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bell tower

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL TOWER»

The term «bell tower» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL TOWER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bell tower

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QUOTES WITH «BELL TOWER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bell tower.
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Steven Weber
Social media has created a legion of social delinquents, billions of people speaking not their minds but their spleens, venting everything from the gum-cracking snark befitting a hair-twisting mallrat to the froth-flecked rage of a bell tower marksman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELL TOWER»

Discover the use of bell tower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bell tower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ghost in the Bell Tower
Determined to use their aunt's eerie old mansion to scare their sister, Elizabeth, into believing in ghosts, Jessica and Steven Wakefield soon become frightened themselves when unexplained events begin to occur. Original.
Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne, 1992
2
Climb Into the Bell Tower: Essays on Poetry
Briefly surveys children's poetry, and provides a list of recommended works
Myra Cohn Livingston, 1990
3
Pocket Tales Year 5 the Bell Tower
Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest of the collection of independent readers.
Martyn Beardsley, 2005
4
The Bell Tower and Beyond: Reflections on Learning and Living
The president of Furman University reflects on a variety of subjects.
David E. Shi, Judith Townsend Bainbridge, 2002
5
The Bell Tower of St. Barnabas
He's completely uninterested in romance and doesn't want his lifelong best friend, Gabriel, depending on a myth to make his secret crush reciprocate his feelings. But the stories are a little truer than Caleb thought.
Alice Keats, 2013
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Learning from Failure: Long-term Behaviour of Heavy Masonry ...
The book has the scope of helping architects and engineers to deal with the continuous damage of heavy structures and, to understand the signs of the phenomenon while proposing some modelling, but also to give guidelines for the on site ...
Luigia Binda, 2008
7
Bernini and the Bell Towers: Architecture and Politics at ...
What happened? Who was responsible? How did events unfold in this dramatic episode of architectural history?" "This engaging and beautifully illustrated book tells the complete story of the bell towers for the first time.
Sarah McPhee, 2002
8
Melville's Short Fiction, 1853-1856
Through the years "The Bell-Tower" has acquired a reputation as Melville's most uncharacteristic work. Lewis Mumford expressed the view of numerous critics when he wrote that the story "might be slipped into one of Hawthorne's volumes,  ...
William B. Dillingham, 2008
9
The Bell Tower: The Case of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved ...
Reveals the identity of London's Jack the Ripper and details his murders in San Francisco
Robert Graysmith, 1999
10
The Horizontal Skyscraper
The Xi'an Bell Tower Drum Tower Plaza now in progress is one of the important projects on this direction. Situated at the center of old city, the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower are the symbols of Xi'an. The Drum tower was built in 1380.
Bjørn B. Erring, Bjørn Erring, Harald Høyem and Synnøve Vinsrygg, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELL TOWER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bell tower is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Belgium's Loss, Richmond's Gain: Virginia Union's Friendship Building
Visitors to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City would have seen the same building, with its maroon brick tiles and distinctive slate bell tower, ... «RVANews, Jul 15»
2
Sheep May Safely Graze, in Nolita
It was dedicated in 1815, and everything from the bell tower to the catacombs is getting a face-lift. The parish serves 800 to 900 people. 'It's very ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Project transforms historic courthouse into apartment community
... exposed brick walls from the bell tower and steel truss beams. The building's smaller courtroom was transformed into two apartment units. «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
4
Jesuit church Iglesia de la Compania where pope will pray in …
... which hang in the back of the nave — had been spirited away during those years, and an earthquake in 1859 had damaged the bell tower. «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jul 15»
5
Photos: Courthouse bell tower gets a facelift
Pedestrians and motorists in downtown Bedford have noticed the scaffolds and crews working on the bell tower in the past few months. «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
6
Perth Bell Tower visitor numbers slump to record low, with fewer …
"We rely a lot on pedestrians coming through Barrack Square and seeing the Bell Tower and being curious about what goes on, and then once ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
7
Old school bell to sound again?
EATONTOWN – What is a bell tower without a bell? Since 2007, the bell tower on top of the Fred G. Steelman school has been empty, its bell ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
8
Church launches £50k appeal for bell tower project
AN appeal has been launched to raise £50,000 to repair the bell tower at St Peter's Church in Norton. The tower, which was the last part of the church to be built ... «Gazette & Herald, Jun 15»
9
UNO's Bell Tower Concert Planned for July 4th
In celebration of America's independence, the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Henningson Memorial Campanille will play classical songs ... «WOWT, Jun 15»
10
Kirkbymoorside Bell Tower Open Morning 2015
Drop in and meet us. See what happens in the ringing room and belfry. Find out how you could become a bellringer too. It'll be great to see you! «The Kirkbymoorside Town Blog, Jun 15»

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