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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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"Bell" Quotes from Famous Books

... store up a few happy memories for the long winter evenings. This is my only chance to collect a past, and I'm going to do it. Now tell me, old sport, as man to man, how does one get in touch with that very decent chappie Jeeves? Does one ring a bell or shout a bit? I should like to discuss the subject of a good ...

— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse

... commencement exercises of the Normal School, saying, that twenty-five or thirty young girls were to be graduated, I concluded that it was better than nothing. I hate such places, as a rule, they are so close and stuffy, and the essays so long and dull, and the girls all look pretty much alike, and I begged Bell to get a seat as near the door as possible, so I could go out when it became unendurable. Just then your letter was brought to me, and after reading it, nothing could have kept me from Eloise Smith. I asked Bell if she ...

— The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes

... the address which Fritz had given me. As I stood on the doorstep, with the bell handle still in my hand, the door was suddenly opened. It was Delora himself who appeared! He shrank away from me as though I were something poisonous. I laid my hand on his shoulder, firmly determined that this time there ...

— The Lost Ambassador - The Search For The Missing Delora • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... and it has my hearty concurrence, as I have no doubt it will have Rawson's," said Captain Grantham. "We shall soon have him up with us, and when he comes on board you can explain your proposal. The Venus should be near us by this time." He rang his bell, and the steward appeared. "Mason, learn from the officer of the watch how soon the Venus will be up with us, and beg him to signalise her captain ...

— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston

... agreed to start at twelve o'clock, just after the dockyard bell rang. I thought at the time it was just to give you the slip before you left the ship, and that she is ...

— Poor Jack • Frederick Marryat

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