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