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clangor

Syllables: clan·gor/ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/

clangor is the canada, US standard spelling of clangour.

Meaning of clangour

Noun

clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours)

  1. (Canada, UK) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
    • When every least commander’s will, best soldiers had obey’d, / And both the hosts were rang’d for fight, the Trojans would have fray’d / The Greeks with noises; crying out, in coming rudely on / At all parts, like the cranes that fill with harsh confusion / Of brutish clangour all the air; […][1611?], Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

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Forms of clangor

Noun
pluralclangors
Verb
third-person singular presentclangors
present participleclangoring
past participleclangored
pastclangored

Words formed from clangor

Questions about clangor

What is clangor the canada, US standard spelling of?
Clangor is the canada, US standard spelling of clangour.
How do you pronounce clangor?
Clangor is pronounced /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/.

Words near clangor in the dictionary

  1. clangiest
  2. clangily
  3. clanging
  4. clangingly
  5. clangings
  6. clangor
  7. clangored
  8. clangoring
  9. clangorous
  10. clangorously
  11. clangorousness

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