Definition of Bell

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)
    - alexander bell - alexander graham bell
  • English painter
    sister of Virginia Woolf
    prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
    - vanessa bell - vanessa stephen
  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
    - melville bell - alexander melville bell
  • the shape of a bell
    - bell shape
  • (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.
    - ship's bell
  • 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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Unscramble bell

5 unscramble word found using the letters bell.

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