bell

Words with a similar base: bell, bell_shape, doorbell, ship's_bell

'bell'

[bell.n.01] as in: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

'bell'

[doorbell.n.01] as in: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

'bell'

[bell.n.03] as in: the sound of a bell being struck

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Examples:
saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells

'bell'

[bell.n.04] as in: (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.

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or p.m.

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'bell'

[bell.n.05] as in: the shape of a bell

'bell'

[bell.n.06] as in: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

'bell'

[bell.n.07] as in: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

'bell'

[bell.n.08] as in: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

'bell'

[chime.n.01] as in: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

'bell'

[bell.n.10] as in: the flared opening of a tubular device

'bell'

[bell.v.01] as in: attach a bell to

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Examples:
bell cows