CARILLON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: carillonned , carillonning

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bell ringing; carillon; carillon playing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

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)