BELFRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does belfry mean? 

• BELFRY (noun)
  The noun BELFRY has 2 senses:

1. a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

2. a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung

  Familiarity information: BELFRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELFRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

belfry; campanile

Hypernyms ("belfry" is a kind of...):

bell tower (a tower that supports or shelters a bell)

Instance hyponyms:

Leaning Tower; Leaning Tower of Pisa (a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("belfry" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("belfry" is a part of...):

bell tower (a tower that supports or shelters a bell)

 Context examples 

It was three o'clock; the church bell tolled as I passed under the belfry: the charm of the hour lay in its approaching dimness, in the low-gliding and pale-beaming sun.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)