BELL

Definition

1. verb attach a bell to.
2. noun a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
3. noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. — synonyms: doorbell, buzzer
4. noun the sound of a bell being struck. — synonyms: toll
5. noun (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell. — synonyms: ship's_bell
6. noun the shape of a bell. — synonyms: bell_shape, campana
7. noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). — synonyms: Melville_Bell, Alexander_Melville_Bell
8. noun English painter. — synonyms: Vanessa_Bell, Vanessa_Stephen
9. noun United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). — synonyms: Alexander_Bell, Alexander_Graham_Bell
10. noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer. — synonyms: chime, gong
11. noun the flared opening of a tubular device.