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