Bell (Noun)
Meaning 1
The sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 2
A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The school bell rang loudly to signal the start of class.
- She hung a small bell above her front door to alert her of visitors.
- The bicycle bell let out a high-pitched ring as he rode past the pedestrians.
- The large bell in the town square tolled solemnly to mark the hour.
- The doorbell was broken, so she had to knock loudly to be heard.
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Meaning 3
A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 5
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 6
The shape of a bell.
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Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
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Meaning 7
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 8
A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.
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Meaning 10
(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..
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.