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bell
(b/E/l )

noun (n)

  • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    buzzer, doorbell
    source: wordnet30
  • the sound of a bell being struck(noun.event)
    Example:
    Saved by the bell.
    She heard the distant toll of church bells.
    Synonym:
    toll
    source: wordnet30
  • (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.time)
    source: wordnet30
  • the shape of a bell(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    bell shape, campana
    source: wordnet30
  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    alexander melville bell, melville bell
    source: wordnet30
  • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    vanessa bell, vanessa stephen
    source: wordnet30
  • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    alexander bell, alexander graham bell
    source: wordnet30
  • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    chime, gong
    source: wordnet30
  • the flared opening of a tubular device(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • attach a bell to(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Bell cows.
    source: wordnet30
  • To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To utter by bellowing.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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