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wind-bell

wind-bell noun: a bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.

Noun

wind-bell (plural wind-bells)

  1. A bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.
    • The wind-bells jangled musically in the window as the curtain dropped against them.1954, T.A.G. Hungerford, Sowers of the Wind, London: Mayflower-Dell, published 1967, page 236

Forms of wind-bell

pluralwind-bells

Questions about wind-bell

What does wind-bell mean?
Wind-bell means a bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.
What part of speech is wind-bell?
Wind-bell is a noun.
What is the plural of wind-bell?
The plural of wind-bell is wind-bells.

Words near wind-bell in the dictionary

  1. wind up one's bottoms
  2. wind ups
  3. wind vane
  4. wind vanes
  5. wind'ard
  6. wind-bell
  7. wind-bells
  8. wind-blown
  9. wind-board
  10. wind-boards
  11. wind-borne

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