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Bell

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Noun

1. bell

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

2. bell, buzzer, doorbell

a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

3. bell, toll

the sound of a bell being struck

Example Sentences:
'saved by the bell'
'she heard the distant toll of church bells'

4. bell, ship's bell

(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.

5. bell, bell shape, campana

the shape of a bell

6. alexander melville bell, bell, melville bell

a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

7. bell, vanessa bell, vanessa stephen

English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

8. alexander bell, alexander graham bell, bell

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

9. bell, chime, gong

a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

10. bell

the flared opening of a tubular device

Verb

11. bell

attach a bell to

Example Sentences:
'bell cows'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bell

see synonyms of bell
noun
1. 
a hollow, usually metal, cup-shaped instrument that emits a musical ringing sound when struck, often by a clapper hanging inside it
2. 
the sound made by such an instrument or device, as for showing the hours or marking the beginning or end of a period of time
3. 
an electrical device that rings or buzzes as a signal
4. 
the bowl-shaped termination of the tube of certain musical wind instruments, such as the trumpet or oboe
5. 
any musical percussion instrument emitting a ringing tone, such as a glockenspiel, one of a set of hand bells, etc
Compare chime1 (sense 3)
6. nautical
a signal rung on a ship's bell to count the number of half-hour intervals during each of six four-hour watches reckoned from midnight. Thus, one bell may signify 12.30, 4.30, or 8.30 a.m. or p.m
7.  diving bell
8. biology
a structure resembling a bell in shape, such as the corolla of certain flowers or the body of a jellyfish
9. British slang
a telephone call (esp in the phrase give someone a bell)
10.  beat seven bells out of
11.  bell, book, and candle
12.  ring a bell
13.  sound as a bell
14.  the bells
verb
15. 
to be or cause to be shaped like a bell
16. (transitive)
to attach a bell or bells to
17.  bell the cat
noun
1. 
a bellowing or baying cry, esp that of a hound or a male deer in rut
verb
2. 
to utter (such a cry)
noun
1. 
Acton, Currer (ˈkʌrə), and Ellis. pen names of the sisters Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë
Brontë
2. 
Alexander Graham. 1847–1922, US scientist, born in Scotland, who invented the telephone (1876)
3. 
Sir Francis Henry Dillon. 1851–1936, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1925)
4. 
Gertrude (Margaret Lowthian). 1868–1926, British traveller, writer, and diplomat; secretary to the British High Commissioner in Baghdad (1917–26)
5. 
Joshua. born 1967, US violinist
6. 
Dame (Susan) Jocelyn, married name Jocelyn Burnell, born 1943, British radio astronomer, who discovered the first pulsar
7. 
Vanessa, original name Vanessa Stephen. 1879–1961, British painter; a member of the Bloomsbury group, sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of the art critic Clive Bell (1881–1964)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bell

see synonyms of bell
1. 
Alexander Graham1847-1922; U.S. inventor of the telephone, born in Scotland
2.  Pseudonym
pseudonym for the Brontë sisters
see also Brontë (sense 2)
3. 
Daniel1919- ; U.S. sociologist
noun
1. 
a hollow object, usually cuplike, made of metal or other hard material which rings when struck, as by a clapper inside
2. 
such an object rung to mark the hours or the beginning and end of a period of time
3. 
the sound made by a bell
4. 
anything shaped like a bell, as a flower, the flare of a horn, etc.
5.  [pl.]
a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned metal bars or hollow tubes that are sounded by striking
, ; specif.,
a. 
glockenspiel
b. 
chimes
see also chime1 (sense 2)
6.  Nautical
a. 
a bell rung every half hour during each of the five four-hour watches and during the four-hour period comprising the two dog watches: the series of rings begins at one bell (12:30, 4:30, and 8:30 o'clock) and ends at eight bells (4:00, 8:00, and 12:00 o'clock)
b. 
any of these half-hour periods
verb transitive
7. 
to attach a bell or bells to
8. 
to shape like a bell
verb intransitive
9. 
to flare out like a bell
noun
1. 
a bellow; roar
verb intransitive
2. 
to utter long, deep sounds, as a hound in pursuit of game; bay; bellow

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bell

see synonyms of bell
n.
1. A hollow metal musical instrument, usually cup-shaped with a flared opening, that emits a metallic tone when struck.
2. Something resembling such an instrument in shape or sound, as:
a. The round, flared opening of a wind instrument at the opposite end from the mouthpiece.
b. bells A percussion instrument consisting of metal tubes or bars that emit tones when struck.
c. A hollow, usually inverted vessel, such as one used for diving deep below the surface of a body of water.
d. The corolla of a flower: "In a cowslip's bell I lie" (Shakespeare).
e. The body of a jellyfish.
3. Nautical
a. A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.
b. The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.
v. belled, bell·ing, bells
v.tr.
1. To put a bell on.
2. To cause to flare like a bell.
v.intr.
To assume the form of a bell; flare.
n.
The bellowing or baying cry of certain animals, such as a deer in rut or a beagle on the hunt.
intr.v. belled, bell·ing, bells
To utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow.
American baseball player who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues (1922-1950). Considered by many to be the fastest base runner ever, he reportedly stole 175 bases in 200 games in 1933.
British critic who proposed his aesthetic theory of significant form in Art (1914).
British-born American inventor who received the first patent for the telephone (1876). Bell also invented the audiometer, an early hearing aid, and improved the phonograph.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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