Definition of Bell

  • 1. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck Noun
  • 2. A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed Noun
  • 3. The sound of a bell being struck Noun
  • 4. (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
  • 5. The shape of a bell Noun
  • 6. A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) Noun
  • 7. English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) Noun
  • 8. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) Noun
  • 9. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument Noun
  • 10. The flared opening of a tubular device Noun
  • 11. Attach a bell to Verb

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