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

(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

bell - verb

• attach a bell to

bell - thesaurus

buzzer   campana   chime   doorbell   gong   toll