CARILLONS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word carillons. (close relations)
Definition of CARILLONS
Best Alternative Words for CARILLONS
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| bells | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) • the sound of a bell being struck • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) • (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. • the shape of a bell • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument • the flared opening of a tubular device verb • attach a bell to | ||||||||
| chimes | nounn | |||||||
noun • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument verb • emit a sound | ||||||||
| peals | verbv | |||||||
noun • a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) verb • ring recurrently • sound loudly and sonorously | ||||||||
| bell ringing | nounn | |||||||
noun • the sound of someone playing a set of bells • persuasion of voters in a political campaign • playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | ||||||||
| carillon playing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | ||||||||
