bell
has definitions from the fields of music,electricity,nautical,fine art,linguistics,phonetics
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[ noun ] a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)A friend of mine in New_Mexico said the Court_order had caused no particular trouble out there , that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)He had never heard so many bells , and as he lay there listening , he thought_of her scolding him for his remarks when he had looked up at the obelisk and the church at the top of the Spanish_Steps . |
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[ noun ] (electricity) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Used in print (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)He clomped heavily up the stoop and rang the bell . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 58
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[ noun ] the sound of a bell being struck
Synonyms Examples "saved by the bell" "she heard the distant toll of church bells" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)The 7_:_45 bell rang and he could hear the outside_doors bang shut , closing in the assembled day_watch . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
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[ noun ] (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.
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[ noun ] United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3143
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[ noun ] the flared opening of a tubular device
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