What is "bell" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bell mean in English? Meaning of bell definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bell" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bell": a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

Noun

  • Meaning: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
  • Synonyms: bell
  • Hyponyms: cascabel church bell cowbell death bell death knell dinner bell electric bell fire bell school bell sheep bell shop bell sleigh bell tocsin warning bell
  • Hypernyms: acoustic device signaling device
  • Instance Hyponyms: liberty bell
  • Part Holonyms: clapper sound bow tongue
  • Meaning of "bell": attach a bell to

    Verb

  • Meaning: attach a bell to
  • Example: bell cows
  • Synonyms: bell
  • Hypernyms: attach
  • Meaning of "bell": a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

    Noun

  • Meaning: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
  • Synonyms: bell buzzer doorbell
  • Hyponyms: night bell
  • Hypernyms: button push push button
  • Meaning of "bell": the sound of a bell being struck

    Noun

  • Meaning: the sound of a bell being struck
  • Example: saved by the bell she heard the distant toll of church bells
  • Synonyms: bell toll
  • Hyponyms: angelus angelus bell knell
  • Hypernyms: sound
  • Meaning of "bell": (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.

    Noun

  • Meaning: (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: bell ship's bell
  • Hypernyms: time unit unit of time
  • Meaning of "bell": the shape of a bell

    Noun

  • Meaning: the shape of a bell
  • Synonyms: bell bell shape campana
  • Hypernyms: curve curved shape
  • Meaning of "bell": a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

    Noun

  • Meaning: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
  • Synonyms: alexander melville bell bell melville bell
  • Instance Hypernyms: phonetician
  • Meaning of "bell": English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

    Noun

  • Meaning: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
  • Synonyms: bell vanessa bell vanessa stephen
  • Instance Hypernyms: painter
  • Meaning of "bell": United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

    Noun

  • Meaning: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
  • Synonyms: alexander bell alexander graham bell bell
  • Instance Hypernyms: artificer discoverer inventor
  • Meaning of "bell": a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

    Noun

  • Meaning: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • Synonyms: bell chime gong
  • Hyponyms: carillon handbell
  • Hypernyms: percussion instrument percussive instrument
  • Meaning of "bell": the flared opening of a tubular device

    Noun

  • Meaning: the flared opening of a tubular device
  • Synonyms: bell
  • Hypernyms: opening
  • Adjective: A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. 1848, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells" HEAR the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells!1848, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells" HEAR the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells!The sounding of a bell as a signal. 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, BBC Sport: Referee Steve Smoger was an almost invisible presence in the ring as both men went at it, although he did have a word with Froch when he landed with a shot after the bell at the end of the eighth.2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, BBC Sport: Referee Steve Smoger was an almost invisible presence in the ring as both men went at it, although he did have a word with Froch when he landed with a shot after the bell at the end of the eighth.(chiefly UK, informal) A telephone call. I’ll give you a bell later.A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.(music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.(nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.(computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower. Shakespeare In a cowslip's bell I lie.Shakespeare In a cowslip's bell I lie.(architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.
  • Synonyms:

    buzzer, siren, gong, ringer, alarm, buzz, tocsin, ding-dong, peal, toll, carillon, chime, curfew, Vesper, clapper, dinger, tintinnabulum,

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