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Meanings of belfry in English

Russian
колокольни городов бельгии и франции
Portuguese
torre sineira
Catalan
beffroi
Spanish
beffroi
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Structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple.

колокольни городов бельгии и франции
Portuguese
campanário
Catalan
campanar

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

campanário
Synonyms
Examples for "campanile"
Examples for "campanile"
1
The campanile has a round top and flowers sprout from the masonry.
A Wanderer in Venice
2
San Antonio de Padua lacks the terraced towers and the pierced campanile.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
3
It's the freestanding bell tower, or campanile, of the cathedral next door.
Wired
4
The campanile series begins at the west side with the creation of man.
A Wanderer in Florence
5
To the right is a city view with campanile, dome and other buildings.
John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut

A tower in which bells are hung.

Usage of belfry in English
1
It lies in the tower of the cathedral, close by the belfry.
Prince Eugene and His Times
2
He peered around and saw the ladder on the belfry's right side.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
3
The moon had risen and shone upon the belfry like broad daylight.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
4
Roldan made a wild lurch for the projecting floor of the belfry.
The Valiant Runaways
5
The San Gabriel belfry is well known in picture, song, and story.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
6
The belfry of Bruges is, I think, the finest of them all.
Peeps at Many Lands: Belgium
7
The belfry, it seemed to her, was lower than the factory chimneys.
Mother
8
Pashka looked over my shoulder at the belfry and gave a yawn.
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
9
I shined my flashlight upward, along the steps leading to the belfry.
Harvest Home
10
He was buried under the belfry of St. Clement's Church in Cambridge.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
11
Upon a sudden thought my father hurried us towards the tall belfry.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
12
Upon the roof there is a square perforated belfry, containing one bell.
Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregation...
13
He crouched in the shadow of the belfry, to gather his thoughts.
The hunchback assignments
14
A belfry in the mountains of Mesopotamia, in the time of Jacob!
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12,...
15
Felix is at the belfry, clanging the bell with all his might.
The story of cirrus flux
16
The girls were up in the Mynster doing maintenance on the belfry.
Anathem
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Translations for belfry
Spanish
beffroi
Belfry through the time
Belfry across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common