1. (noun) bell
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
2. (noun) doorbell, bell, buzzer
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Synonyms: chime, ship's bell, bell shape, buzzer, bell, toll, doorbell, gong, campana
3. (noun) bell, toll
the sound of a bell being struck
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, price, bell, toll, cost, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
4. (noun) 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.
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, bell, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
5. (noun) bell, bell shape, campana
the shape of a bell
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, bell, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
6. (noun) Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
7. (noun) Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
8. (noun) Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
9. (noun) chime, bell, gong
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
Synonyms: chime, ship's bell, bell shape, buzzer, tam-tam, bell, toll, doorbell, gong, campana
10. (verb) bell
the flared opening of a tubular device
Synonyms: ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana
11. (verb) bell
attach a bell to
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