wind chime en · NOUN
Meanings
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A set of decorative metallic or wooden tubular bells that sound when blown by the wind.
By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86:
- (qualifier:percussion) A singular tubular bell.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wind chimes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Mississippi wind chime · Alabama wind chime
Translations (7)
pl dzwonek wietrzny (decorative tubular bells) · es carillón de viento (decorative tubular bells) · sv vindspel (decorative tubular bells) · fi tuulikello (decorative tubular bells) · es campanilla ventosa (decorative tubular bells) · he פעמון רוח (decorative tubular bells) · de Windspiel (decorative tubular bells)