wind chimes

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wind]
- /noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd tʃaɪm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wind]
- /noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd tʃaɪm/

Definitions of wind chimes words

noun,plural wind chimes mobile that makes a tinkling sound 1
noun plural wind chimes 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 0
noun wind chimes a cluster of small chimes or pendants of glass, ceramic, etc., hung so that they strike one another and tinkle when blown by the wind 0

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Origin of wind chimes

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Wind chimes

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wind chimes

wind chimes popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.