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

Synonyms

doorbell buzzer

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He clomped heavily up the stoop and rang the bell .

Related terms

push_button night_bell buzz

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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

toll

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

sound knell angelus_bell toll

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[ verb ] attach a bell to

Examples

"bell cows"

Related terms

attach

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[ noun ] (fine art) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

Related terms

painter bloomsbury_group

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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.

Synonyms

ship's_bell

Related terms

time_unit seafaring

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[ noun ] United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

Related terms

inventor

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[ noun ] the shape of a bell

Synonyms

campana bell_shape

Related terms

curve

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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

Related terms

phonetician

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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3143
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[ noun ] (music) a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer

Synonyms

gong chime

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[ noun ] the flared opening of a tubular device
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