Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An arrangement of small suspended pieces, as of glass, metal, or ceramic, hung loosely together so that they tinkle pleasingly when blown by the wind. Also called wind-bells.
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Examples
“The music of the cupola wind chimes was in my brain dancing, dancing, telling me of happy playtimes up there, slyly whispering of one terrible time up there.”
“She carried the soft bundle and her sewing tools downstairs and outside to the covered lanai, where soft breezes caressed her and the gentle tinkle of koa wood wind chimes whispered a promise that she must not despair, not until she knew all was lost, and perhaps not even then.”
“I broke free from Arden’s arms and began to pace the Turkey rug, glancing at Sylvia, who backed up to a window and stared up at the wind chimes as if she were hearing them blow, when they just dangled now, motionless.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wind chimes’.
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Two-word poems
The dutch poet Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) became the winner of a poetry contest in 1620 for:
U .... You
Nu! .... Now!
lips parted, disquieting beauty, kidney failure, mistaken identity, pubic lice, viscera pile, blood diamond, fetid dampness, feeble dribble, effulgent daybeams, dappled shadows, necromantic power and 294 more...
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the list
i live in a human..., escapism, crush, infinite, alleviate, gallows, scapegallows, violet, downfall, whisper, watch-word, haven and 15 more...
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Words For Novel
viridity, effigy, paragon, congested, acrid, lilting, clandestine, plethora, accolade, sardonic, naïve, reckoning and 285 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (W)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
wail, waistcoat, wales, wallflower, wand, wandering, wanderlust, waning, ward, wardrobe, warp, wassail and 97 more...
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Soft
gentle, creme, violet, breeze, lavender, pure, dew, rose, milk, calm, cleansing, gentle and 74 more...
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