noun
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
noun
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
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noun
the sound of a bell being struck
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Examples
- saved by the bell
- she heard the distant toll of church bells
noun
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell
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ship's bell
Examples
- eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
noun
the shape of a bell
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noun
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
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Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
noun
English painter
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Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Stephen
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- sister of Virginia Woolf
- prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
noun
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
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Alexander Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
noun
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer
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Examples
- used as an orchestral instrument
noun
the flared opening of a tubular device
verb
attach a bell to
Examples
- bell cows