Synonyms: bell
Definition: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Similar words: acoustic device
Definition: a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
Similar words: signaling device
Definition: a device used to send signals
Synonyms: bell
Definition: the flared opening of a tubular device
Similar words: opening
Definition: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
Usage: they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door
Definition: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
Similar words: percussion instrument, percussive instrument
Definition: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
Synonyms: doorbell, buzzer, bell
Definition: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Similar words: push, push button, button
Definition: an electrical switch operated by pressing
Usage: the elevator was operated by push buttons; the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk
Definition: the sound of a bell being struck
Usage: saved by the bell; she heard the distant toll of church bells
Similar words: sound
Definition: the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Usage: the sound awakened them
Synonyms: Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
Definition: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Similar words: inventor, discoverer, artificer
Definition: someone who is the first to think of or make something
Synonyms: Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
Definition: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
Similar words: painter
Definition: an artist who paints
Synonyms: Bell, Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell
Definition: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
Similar words: phonetician
Definition: a specialist in phonetics
Synonyms: bell, bell shape, campana
Definition: the shape of a bell
Similar words: curve, curved shape
Definition: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Synonyms: 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.
Similar words: unit of time, time unit
Definition: a unit for measuring time periods
Synonyms: bell
Definition: attach a bell to
Usage: bell cows
Similar words: attach
Definition: cause to be attached