Belfry synonyms

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bell-tower
A tower in which a bell (set of bells) is hung; a belfry
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clocher
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tower
A person or thing that resembles a tower in height, strength, dominance, etc.
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steeple
A church tower with a spire; also, the spire
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cupola
A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.
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turret
A small tower or tower-shaped projection on a building.
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campanile
A bell tower, esp. one that stands apart from any other building
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spire
Anything that tapers to a point, as a pointed structure capping a tower or steeple
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carillon
A composition for the carillon
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minaret
A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin or a recording of a muezzin summons the people to prayer.
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clubhouse (related)
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dome
A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
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boathouse (related)
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Belfry Sentence Examples

  • The belfry belongs to the 16th and early 17th century.

  • The fine octagonal belfry was built early in the 15th century.

  • The Kremlin, which was not destroyed, gleamed white in the distance with its towers and the belfry of Ivan the Great.

  • Pop. (1906) 4499 The town has a belfry, the finest in French Flanders, dating from the middle of the 16th century and restored in the 19th century.

  • A belfry of the 15th century and the church of St Crepin of the same period are of some interest.

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