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How to pronounce “belfry”
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Pronunciation guide for belfry
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of belfry with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome 16 minutes
Now, if the idea of bats in your belfry terrifies you,
- Definition summary
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
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How to pronounce belfry
Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome 16 minutes

Now, if the idea of bats in your belfry terrifies you,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “belfry”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
- (dialectal) A shed.
- (obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
- (obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell.
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