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bell
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Noun
  • the flared opening of a tubular device
  • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
  • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
  • the shape of a bell
  • (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 sound of a bell being struck
    • saved by the bell
    • she heard the distant toll of church bells
  • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
  • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Verb
  • attach a bell to
    • bell cows
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