Bell

noun
bɛl

Noun

  • the sound of a bell being struck

    saved by the bell

    she heard the distant toll of church bells

    Similar:Toll
    Type of:Sound
  • the shape of a bell

    Similar:Campana
    Type of:Curve
  • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

    Similar:BuzzerDoorbell
    Type of:ButtonPush
  • (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

  • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

    Similar:ChimeGong
  • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

  • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

  • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

  • the flared opening of a tubular device

    Type of:Opening

Verb

  • attach a bell to

    bell cows

    Type of:Attach

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