Bell — synonyms, definition

1. bell (Noun)

Alexander Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Melville Bell Melville Bell Vanessa Bell Vanessa Stephen alarm alarum bell shape buzzer call campana carillon chime chiming cymbal doorbell gong invitation invocation • • •

bell (Noun) — A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.

bell (Noun) — A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.

bell (Noun) — The sound of a bell being struck. ex. "saved by the bell" ex. "she heard the distant toll of church bells"

bell (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..

bell (Noun) — The shape of a bell.

bell (Noun) — A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.

bell (Noun) — The flared opening of a tubular device.

bell (Noun) — A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905).

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

bell (Noun) — United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922).

acoustic device artificer button curve curved shape discoverer inventor opening painter percussion instrument percussive instrument phonetician push push button signaling device sound time unit unit of time Liberty Bell angelus angelus bell carillon cascabel church bell cowbell death bell death knell dinner bell electric bell fire bell handbell knell knoll night bell school bell sheep bell shop bell sleigh bell • • • clapper sound bow tongue Bloomsbury Group blunderbuss breath funnel wind wind instrument

2. bell (Verb)

chime peal resonate resound reverberate ring tinkle

bell (Verb) — Attach a bell to. ex. "bell cows"

bell (Verb) — Shape to flare out like a bell.

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