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Definition of belfry noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

belfry

noun

NAmE//ˈbɛlfri//

(pl. belfries)

a tower in which bells hang, especially as part of a church

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have bats in the/your belfry (informal) (old-fashioned)

to be strange or crazy

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