Definition of clangor
clangorously
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Examples of clangor in a Sentence
the clangor of pots and pans coming from the kitchen as the cooks threw together an impromptu meal
the clangor of a battle in the Middle Ages, as steel hit against steel a thousand times
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The melodious clangor of the cimbalom (hammered dulcimer) spiced more than half of the pieces, punctuating the rhapsodic Roma fiddle playing of Sporcl and Yuan-Qing Yu, the splendid Civitas violinist.
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Origin and Etymology of clangor
Latin clangor, from clangere
clangor
Definition of clangor
intransitive verb
: to make a clangor
First Known Use of clangor
1837
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