BELL TOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bell tower mean? 

• BELL TOWER (noun)
  The noun BELL TOWER has 1 sense:

1. a tower that supports or shelters a bell

  Familiarity information: BELL TOWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELL TOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tower that supports or shelters a bell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bell tower" is a kind of...):

tower (a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building)

Meronyms (parts of "bell tower"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bell tower"):

belfry; campanile (a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building)