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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building;
[syn: campanile, belfry]

2. a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belfry \Bel"fry\, n. [OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges,
   OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit,
   bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G.
   bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede
   peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or
   place of security; orig. therefore a place affording
   security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and
   Free.]
   1. (Mil. Antiq.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for
      purposes of attack and defense.
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   2. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other
      building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.
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   3. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a
      cupola or turret for the same purpose.
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   4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

belfry
    n 1: a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
         [syn: campanile, belfry]
    2: a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "belfry":
   antenna tower, barbican, bean, bell tower, campanile, carillon,
   colossus, column, conk, cupola, derrick, dome, fire tower, head,
   headpiece, lantern, lighthouse, martello, martello tower, mast,
   minaret, monument, noddle, noggin, noodle, obelisk,
   observation tower, pagoda, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, poll,
   pylon, pyramid, shaft, skyscraper, spire, standpipe, steeple,
   stupa, television mast, tope, tour, tower, turret, water tower,
   windmill tower




U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Belfry, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
   Population (2000):    219
   Housing Units (2000): 119
   Land area (2000):     1.902815 sq. miles (4.928268 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.902815 sq. miles (4.928268 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            04900
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             45.141506 N, 109.007779 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     59008
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Belfry, MT
    Belfry