Meanings
plural wind chimes
- A set of decorative metallic or wooden tubular bells that sound when blown by the wind.
By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86 - percussionentertainmentA singular tubular bell.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish tuulikello
- tuulikellodecorative tubular bells
German Windspiel
- Windspieldecorative tubular bells
Hebrew פעמון רוח
- פעמון רוח (pa'amon ruakh)decorative tubular bells
Polish dzwonek wietrzny
- dzwonek wietrznydecorative tubular bells
Spanish carillón de viento, campanilla ventosa
- carillón de vientodecorative tubular bells
- campanilla ventosadecorative tubular bells
Swedish vindspel
- vindspeldecorative tubular bells
Cite this entry
wind chime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chime
“wind chime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chime. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wind chime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chime.
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