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bell

/ bell /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Type of:
acoustic device signaling device
Kinds of:
church bell cowbell death knell death bell dinner bell
noun Sense 2
(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.
Type of:
time unit unit of time
Domain:
seafaring navigation sailing
noun Sense 3
the shape of a bell
Type of:
curve curved shape
noun Sense 4
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
Type of:
phonetician
noun Sense 5
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
Type of:
painter
Has parts:
Bloomsbury Group
noun Sense 6
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Type of:
inventor discoverer artificer
noun Sense 7
the sound of a bell being struck
"saved by the bell"
"she heard the distant toll of church bells"
Type of:
sound
Kinds of:
knell angelus bell angelus
Derived:
toll
noun Sense 8
the flared opening of a tubular device
Type of:
opening
Has parts:
wind instrument wind funnel
verb Sense 9
attach a bell to
"bell cows"
Type of:
attach
Derived:
toll
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 10
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Type of:
push button push button
Kinds of:
night bell
Derived:
buzz bombinate bombilate
noun Sense 11
a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
Type of:
percussion instrument percussive instrument
Kinds of:
carillon handbell
Derived:
gong chime
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
41
Times Searched
5
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Related Words

acoustic device signaling device church bell cowbell death knell death bell dinner bell time unit unit of time curve curved shape phonetician