CARILLON (carillonned, carillonning)

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Irregular inflected forms: carillonned    , carillonning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does carillon mean? 

• CARILLON (noun)
  The noun CARILLON has 2 senses:

1. set of bells hung in a bell tower

2. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

  Familiarity information: CARILLON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARILLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set of bells hung in a bell tower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

bell; chime; gong (a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bell ringing; carillon; carillon playing

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

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carillon"):

change ringing (ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing)