a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
the flared opening of a tubular device
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
the sound of a bell being struck; saved by the bell; she heard the distant toll of church bells
[ Syn: toll ]
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ships bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 oclock, either a.m. or p.m.
[ Syn: ships bell ]
the shape of a bell
[ Syn: bell shape , campana ]
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
[ Syn: bell , melville bell , alexander melville bell ]
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
[ Syn: bell , vanessa bell , vanessa stephen ]
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
[ Syn: bell , alexander bell , alexander graham bell ]
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
bell (n.)
attach a bell to; bell cows'