belfry
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Is belfry a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of belfry?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.Examples: "“You know, this house does have a belfry filled with local bats. Maybe Laszlo went up there.” “Oh, so like my darling perverted husband, to sniff out the local bordello immediately upon arrival. [chuckles] Could you take me to the belfry?”"
2. (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.Examples: "From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance."
3. (dialectal) A shed.dialectal
4. (obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.obsolete
5. (obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary