bell tower

noun

: a tower that supports or shelters a bell

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Pisa scientist Galileo Galilei supposedly threw round objects off the eight-story bell tower in the late 1500s to prove his theory of gravity. Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 The church, about 500 yards from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some statues survived the nuclear bombing. Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Altadena Community Church — founded in 1940, with its sanctuary built seven years later — stood near Altadena Drive and Lake Avenue, with the San Gabriel Mountains visible just beyond its red-tile roof and stately bell tower. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025 The hotel, parts of which occupy a historic bell tower that’s been part of the city’s beachfront landscape for nearly a century, is designed as a celebration of the local culture of surfing, art and exploration. Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bell tower

Word History

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bell tower was in 1596

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“Bell tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bell%20tower. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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