TINTINNABULATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does tintinnabulation mean? • TINTINNABULATION (noun)
The noun TINTINNABULATION has 1 sense:
1. the sound of a bell ringing
Familiarity information: TINTINNABULATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TINTINNABULATION (noun)
Meaning:
The sound of a bell ringing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
ringing; tintinnabulation; ring
Context examples:
the distinctive ring of the church bell / the ringing of the telephone / the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells
Hypernyms ("tintinnabulation" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tintinnabulation"):
bell ringing (the sound of someone playing a set of bells)
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