belfry.

The part of a building, or a separate structure, in which bells are hung.

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Words that belong together

• church belfry
• bells in the belfry

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A movement in the belfry interrupted the pigeons’ roost.

The bell’s rope vanished into the darkness of the belfry.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular belfry; plural belfries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.