BELL





Definition:

  1. [noun] a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

  2. [noun] a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
    Synonyms: doorbuzzer

  3. [noun] the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
    Synonyms: toll

  4. [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

  5. [noun] the shape of a bell
    Synonyms: shape, campana

  6. [noun] a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
    Synonyms: Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell

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

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

  9. [noun] a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
    Synonyms: chime, gong

  10. [noun] the flared opening of a tubular device

  11. [verb] attach a bell to; "bell cows"

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