Meaning & use
Clangor
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A loud, resonant, and repeated clanging or ringing noise.
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The clangor of the fire bells echoed through the old stone streets.
Workers covered their ears against the clangor of the steel foundry.
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An onomatopoeic word borrowed from Latin 'clangor,' related to 'clang'; it's more common in literary or poetic writing than in everyday speech.
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