Meaning of bell
Definition of 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
the
sound
of a
bell
being
struck; "saved by the bell"; "she
heard
the
distant
toll
of
church
bells"
(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.
the
shape
of a
bell
a
phonetician
and
father
of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
English painter;
sister
of Virginia Woolf;
prominent
member
of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
United States
inventor
(born in Scotland) of the
telephone
(1847-1922)
a
percussion
instrument
consisting of a set of tuned bells that are
struck
with a hammer;
used
as an
orchestral
instrument
the flared
opening
of a
tubular
device
(verb)
attach
a
bell
to; "bell cows"
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