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CLANGOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud resonant repeating noise

Example:

he could hear the clang of distant bells

Synonyms:

clang; clangor; clangoring; clangour; clank; clash; crash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("clangor" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

clang; clangor (make a loud noise)

clangor (make a loud resonant noise)

clangorous (having a loud resonant metallic sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a loud noise

Example:

clanging metal

Synonyms:

clang; clangor

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "clangor" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

Cars clangor in the streets

The streets clangor with cars

Derivation:

clangor (a loud resonant repeating noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a loud resonant noise

Example:

the alarm clangored throughout the building

Synonyms:

clangor; clangour

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "clangor" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clangor (a loud resonant repeating noise)

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