as in skull
a person's mental ability
The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry.
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Recent Examples of belfry
Unfortunately, that 18-minute shift by Mother Constance results in a vigorous bell ringing that pushes poor Alaïa Jade out of the belfry window to the pavement below.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
The Jokake Inn closed in the late 1970s and was demolished, except for its Pueblo revival-style belfry towers, which were incorporated into The Phoenician.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Lights and stones can be seen falling from the church before the belfry plummets to the ground, smashing into the concrete below.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
Stop by the city’s Grosse Cloche belfry; its bell, named Armande-Louise, was cast in 1775 and still rings at noon on the first Sunday of each month and for special occasions.
—Jessica-Belle Greer, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
The Jokake Inn closed in the late 1970s and was demolished, except for its Pueblo revival-style belfry towers, which were incorporated into The Phoenician.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Lights and stones can be seen falling from the church before the belfry plummets to the ground, smashing into the concrete below.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
Stop by the city’s Grosse Cloche belfry; its bell, named Armande-Louise, was cast in 1775 and still rings at noon on the first Sunday of each month and for special occasions.
—Jessica-Belle Greer, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belfry
skull
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But a second fossil tells a slightly different story; this skull came from a relative of the modern beluga whale, Casatia thermophila.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Some of these individuals had undergone skull surgery 5,000 years ago.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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