campanile, belfry
(noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
Source: WordNet® 3.1
campanile (plural campaniles or campanili)
A bell tower (now especially when freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.
Campanile (plural Campaniles)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Campanile is the 27804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 864 individuals. Campanile is most common among White (93.4%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cam`pa*ni"le, n. Etym: [It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.] (Arch.)
Definition: A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
