Bell
/bˈɛl/
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Definitions
Noun
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Noun
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
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the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
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(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.
Noun
the shape of a bell
Noun
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
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English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
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United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
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a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
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the flared opening of a tubular device
Verb
attach a bell to; "bell cows"
Synonyms
Alexander Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
bell shape
buzzer
campana
chime
doorbell
gong
Melville Bell
ship''s bell
toll
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Stephen