Thesaurus results for BELFRY

belfry

noun

Definition of belfry next

as in skull

a person's mental ability The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry.

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Recent Examples of belfry 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 Meanwhile, at dawn, fog spills through the Mirna River Valley like milk across a tabletop, leaving only the belfry piercing the haze. —

Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 They were cleaned, polished and rehung in their belfries during a ceremony last month, their sounds resonating over Maaloula for the first time in 13 years. —

Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 14 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for belfry

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skull

Noun

People were so eager to venerate his remains that skulls of his magically multiplied.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The New York State Museum’s Department of Anthropology determined the skull is from the 19th century.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026