wind chimes

[ wind ]

/ wɪnd /

plural noun

an arrangement of bells, bamboo pipes, or glass or ceramic fragments hung so as to strike each other and tinkle when moved by the wind or, in orchestration, touched by the hand.

Words nearby wind chimes

winckelmann, wind, wind cave national park, wind chest, wind chill, wind chimes, wind colic, wind cone, wind down, wind energy, wind erosion

Origin of wind chimes

First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for wind chimes

wind chimes

/ (wɪnd) /

pl n

a decorative arrangement of small discs of metal, shell, etc, hung near a window or door, that shake together with a tinkling sound in a draught

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