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TINTINNABULATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The sound of a bell ringing

Example:

the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells

Synonyms:

ring; ringing; tintinnabulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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)

Derivation:

tintinnabulate (ring or sound like a small bell)

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