Bombilation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A humming or booming sound. countable, uncountable

    "Yet it was possible in still weather to hear the muted bombilation of the sleepless city and when the wind was in the north to count the hammer-strokes of the great bell of St. Paul's."

  2. 2
    sound of rapid vibration wordnet

Example

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"Yet it was possible in still weather to hear the muted bombilation of the sleepless city and when the wind was in the north to count the hammer-strokes of the great bell of St. Paul's."

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