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| 1. | [ noun ] a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | |
| Related terms: | signaling_device acoustic_device church_bell fire_bell death_knell cowbell shop_bell Liberty_Bell school_bell sheep_bell electric_bell sleigh_bell tocsin dinner_bell sound_bow clapper | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (electricity) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | |
| Synonyms: | doorbell buzzer | |
| Related terms: | push_button night_bell buzz | |
| 3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 58 | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the sound of a bell being struck | |
| Synonyms: | toll | |
| Examples: | "saved by the bell" "she heard the distant toll of church bells" |
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| Related terms: | sound knell angelus_bell toll | |
| 5. | [ verb ] attach a bell to | |
| Examples: | "bell cows" |
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| Related terms: | attach | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (fine art) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) | |
| Synonyms: | vanessa_stephen vanessa_bell | |
| Related terms: | painter bloomsbury_group | |
| 7. | [ 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 | |
| 8. | [ noun ] United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) | |
| Synonyms: | Alexander_Graham_Bell Alexander_Bell | |
| Related terms: | inventor | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the shape of a bell | |
| Synonyms: | campana bell_shape | |
| Related terms: | curve | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) | |
| Synonyms: | melville_bell alexander_melville_bell | |
| Related terms: | phonetician | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3143 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (music) a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer | |
| Synonyms: | gong chime | |
| Related terms: | percussion_instrument carillon handbell gong | |
| 13. | [ noun ] the flared opening of a tubular device | |
| Related terms: | opening funnel wind_instrument blunderbuss | |
| Similar spelling: |
belle Bella belly Bello Belli Bel Bellah Bellew Bellow Beyl Beil Beal Belleau Beall Belue Beula belie Belia Belew belay belau Below Beale Beulah Bewley bewail Beaulah Buell be_well |
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