belfry

noun

Definition of belfrynext
as in skull
a person's mental ability The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry.

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Recent Examples of belfry This is further supported by the dig’s location near the city’s historic Stadshalle civic center and belfry, but this is not a definitive confirmation. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026 The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026 Unfortunately, that 18-minute shift by Mother Constance results in a vigorous bell ringing that pushes poor Alaïa Jade out of the belfry window to the pavement below. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025 The Jokake Inn closed in the late 1970s and was demolished, except for its Pueblo revival-style belfry towers, which were incorporated into The Phoenician. — Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for belfry
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skull
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  • The fragment, which comes from the rear of the skull, had a distinctive combination of features that researchers linked to the megaraptorans.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • A shot to her back and a bullet grazing her skull led to medical complications and her ultimate retirement from the Army.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
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