Synonyms for bell
bɛlbell

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1. bellnoun

   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. doorbell, bell, buzzernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   chime, ship's bell, bell shape, buzzer, toll, doorbell, gong, campana

3. bell, tollnoun

   the sound of a bell being struck

   "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"

   Synonyms:
   ship's bell, chime, buzzer, price, toll, cost, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

4. bell, ship's bellnoun

   (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, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

5. bell, bell shape, campananoun

   the shape of a bell

   Synonyms:
   ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

6. Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bellnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

7. Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephennoun

   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. Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bellnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

9. chime, bell, gongnoun

   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, toll, doorbell, gong, campana

10. bellverb

    the flared opening of a tubular device

    Synonyms:
    ship's bell, chime, buzzer, toll, bell shape, doorbell, gong, campana

11. bellverb

    attach a bell to

    "bell cows"

Matched Categories

1. • Acoustic Device
   • Attach
   • Curved Shape
   • Inventor
   • Navigation
   • Painter
   • Percussion Instrument
   • Phonetician
   • Push Button
   • Signaling Device
   • Sound
   • Time Unit

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1. bellnoun

   Synonyms:
   campana, carillon, curfew, tocsin, gong

   Associated words:
   campanology, campanologist, peal, ring, knell, toll, chime

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1. List of paraphrases for "bell":

   cloche, tink, campana, doorbell, dork, gong, zhong, ringtone, queensway, ringing

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1. List of known nicknames for "Bell":

   Bell

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1. Kristian Alfonso:

   There is a certain daytime TV show that my grandmother and I used to watch growing up. I’ll drop a couple of hints – Bo, Hope, Patch. Ring a bell?

2. Seema Gajwani:

   Too often, the criminal justice system gets in the way of resolution and healing, even though that is what these two women wanted and needed. Prosecuting Wesley Bell made it possible by offering Restorative Justice, ashley and Julia Crews have the biggest hearts of anyone I have ever met. It was an honor to be a part of that conversation.

3. John Donne:

   Perchance, he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him...

4. Lindy Thackston:

   It felt surreal to ring the bell because it’s something I’ve visualized the entire time, i also felt a lot of survivor’s guilt ringing it and looking at everyone still sitting there. It’s hard with the friends I’ve made in chemo knowing that they are still there, and knowing a lot of people are in chemo for life. So I felt thankful ringing it and I also felt guilty ringing it.

5. Audra Bell:

   I'll never drink the water again, the problem for kids especially is they are developing and they are growing. Audra Bell don't know the effects that the lead poison that they experienced today is going to have on them in five years, 10 years, 20 years.