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bell
noun
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Synonyms: buzzer, doorbell - the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
Synonyms: toll - (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 - the shape of a bell
Synonyms: bell shape, campana - a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
Synonyms: Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell - English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
Synonyms: Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen - United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Synonyms: Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell - a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
Synonyms: chime, gong - the flared opening of a tubular device
verb
- attach a bell to; "bell cows"
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