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Bell

noun

1.

A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.

2.

A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. Synonyms: buzzer, doorbell.

3.

The sound of a bell being struck. Synonym: toll. "She heard the distant toll of church bells"

4.

(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.. Synonym: ship's bell.

5.

The shape of a bell. Synonyms: bell shape, campana.

6.

A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). Synonyms: Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell.

7.

English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). Synonyms: Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen.

8.

United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). Synonyms: Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell.

9.

A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. Synonyms: chime, gong.

10.

The flared opening of a tubular device.

verb

(past & past part. belled; pres. part. belling)

1.

Attach a bell to.

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