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windchime

/ˈwɪnd.t͡ʃaɪm/

windchime is the alternative form of wind chimes.

Meaning of wind chimes

Noun

wind chimes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A chime constructed from tubes, rods, bells, etc. made of wood, glass, metal or ceramic, suspended outside a building in such a way that they tinkle pleasantly when moved by the wind.
    Synonyms:
    wind bell

Forms of windchime

pluralwindchimes

Origin of windchime

From wind + chime.

Words formed from windchime

Phrases with windchime

Questions about windchime

What is windchime the alternative form of?
Windchime is the alternative form of wind chimes.
How do you pronounce windchime?
Windchime is pronounced /ˈwɪnd.t͡ʃaɪm/.

Words near windchime in the dictionary

  1. windchest
  2. windchests
  3. windchill
  4. windchilled
  5. windchills
  6. windchime
  7. windchimes
  8. windclothes
  9. windcuffer
  10. windcuffers
  11. winddown

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: windchime (page history and authors); wind chimes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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