clangor

[ klang-er, klang-ger ]

/ ˈklæŋ ər, ˈklæŋ gər /

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a loud, resonant sound; clang.

clamorous noise.

to make a clangor; clang.

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Also especially British, clang·our .

1585–95; <Latin: loud sound, noise, equivalent to clang(ere) to clang + -or-or¹

See -our.

clang·or·ous, adjectiveclang·or·ous·ly, adverb

“I used to say that fear is probably the most important concept of feeling,” he said amid the clangor of forks and knives.
Former Israeli Security Chief Pushes for Unilateral Withdrawal|R.M. Schneiderman|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A church clock struck the hour of seven, its clangor intruding upon the silence only as a muffled boom.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
On the Surrey shore whistles shrieked, and endless moving chains sent up their monstrous clangor into the night.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The second door was opened, and the clangor of the Surrey shore suddenly proclaimed itself.
Dope|Sax Rohmer

A mighty horn was blaring; a great bell was tossing up its brazen throat in ringing clangor.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
The deafening clangor soon dominated and completely drowned the isolated tinkling of the communal bell.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue