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church bell

church bell noun: a bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.

Noun

church bell (plural church bells)

  1. A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
    • As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's...1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19

Forms of church bell

pluralchurch bells

Questions about church bell

What does church bell mean?
Church bell means a bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
What part of speech is church bell?
Church bell is a noun.
What is the plural of church bell?
The plural of church bell is church bells.

Words near church bell in the dictionary

  1. church acre
  2. church acres
  3. church affiliation
  4. church affiliations
  5. Church Age
  6. church bell
  7. church bells
  8. Church Brampton
  9. Church Broughton
  10. Church Cay
  11. Church Congress

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