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Meaning bell meaning

What does bell mean?

Definitions in simple English

bell Noun

— A bell is an object that is shaped like a cup that makes a ringing sound when hit. The church bell is ringing.

bell

— noun a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck — noun (= doorbell) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed — noun (= toll) the sound of a bell being struck saved by the bell she heard the distant toll of church bells — noun the flared opening of a tubular device — noun (= ship''s bell) (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 — noun the shape of a bell — verb attach a bell to bell cows — noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

Bell

— noun United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) — noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) — noun English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

Synonyms bell synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bell?

bell English » English

gong buzzer doorbell small bell chime toll ring clock campana watch socket ship’s bell large bell jingle bell handbell hand bell bell shape undercarriage bay tree-type toller timepiece time ticker small sleigh bell sleeve rutting call ring a bell plunger pipe socket phosphoriser o’clock muzzle bell musical instrument muff mouthing moo low little bell little knell iron infundibulum immersion bell horologe hopper grain hopper furnace lid funnel-shaped opening funnel shaped

Bell English » English

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Topics bell topics

What do people use bell to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument

What are the types of instruments that you hit?

percussion instruments drum snare drum bass drum tympani cymbal bell xylophone marimba rattle castanet bangle jingle
What words refer to the parts of musical instruments?

mouthpiece bell key keyboard drumstick reed bow string fret pick organ pipe

Language and thought Want Influence

Warn

What words refer to something that makes a sound to warn people?

alarm bell buzzer

Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Examples bell examples

How do I use bell in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The bell is ringing.

The name Edwin doesn't ring a bell.

I rang the bell and waited.

If you need anything, ring my bell any time. I'll be glad to help you.

I will leave as soon as the bell rings.

For whom does the bell toll?

Bell lived in London, right?

He replaced the bell with a light.

The telephone was invented by Bell in the year 1876.

Tom is a bell maker.

The church bell used to ring at three.

I ran to school, but the bell had already rung.

He's a pretty unique guy wearing bell bottoms and Hawaiian shirts to the office.

What did Bell invent?

What was invented by Bell?

Dr. Bell treated the patient.

Mr. Bell is due to make a speech tonight.

Press the bell twice.

Has the bell rung?

Bell invented the telephone.

The bell rings at noon.

In case of fire, ring the bell.

Bell used to live in London, didn't he?

The bell has not rung yet.

John jumped to his feet the moment the bell rang.

There's the bell.

The bell rang, and the train began to move.

Movie subtitles

I'm gonna put this bell jar over to control the environment.

And that's an oxide of nitrogen that is very hazardous, and I'm glad I have it in a bell jar.

If you find the truth. this bell will ring.

Only the death of the person who led you to the death (the person who killed her) can ring this bell.

You are going to be so suprised when I find out the truth then, I'll have you play that bell plenty of times.

When you've uncovered the truth then I'll ring this bell.

Remember--only the death of the person who led you to your death will ring this bell.

That bell is to inform about them?

I was going to say Taco Bell.

We did ring the bell.

I rang the bell, but no one answered.

That rings a bell.

The jewels are in the tower, in the bell.

I haven't rung the bell yet.

If they win, that'll toll the bell for us.

When the evening bell tolls in the night and all fires in town are covered with ashes, the Devil fetches Apelone for his adventures.

There's the Peensie Bell whistling now.

Thorpe, you get back on the Peensie Bell and make yourself scarce.

I'll be on the Peensie Bell when she leaves.

Well, I've been promised a hanging bee if I don't get out on the Peensie Bell.

Damn that bell!

I look. I see her name on the push-bell.

Ring the bell.

Why don't you ring the bell?

Ring the bell!

If you guys ring that bell again, I'll break your arm off and stuff it down your throat.

Who rang the bell?

All Russia is waiting for the sound of our bell.

Both sides fought hard, but when the recess bell rang, the game was still scoreless.

It's my bell.

Remember it well. Only the death of the person who led you to the death (the person who killed her) can ring this bell.

Give me the fire bell.

Next he was matched up against Dopey Dwyer Again he dropped to his back in the first round but was saved by the bell at the count of eight.

There goes the bell saving Mr Jerry Moore at the end of the second round.

Does one ring a bell or just walk in here?

He's not a bell tower.

She rings a bell and stops to pray.

I'm going to lock the door, plug the bell, cut the telephone. and crawl into bed for a month.

News and current affairs

The bell tolls not only for the migrants, but also for a Europe whose humanistic patrimony is crumbling before our very eyes.

Daniel Bell and Raymond Aron wrote about the end of fascist and communist ideology in the hope that we would enter an age of pragmatism in which politics would be a subject of argument and debate, not belief and total worldviews.

The American sociologist Daniel Bell once famously said that the state is too big for the small problems and too small for the big ones.

But building a light bulb or a telephone doesn't mean that you understand its basic principles (Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell certainly didn't).

The bell of a coup will not toll for him.

One group - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (BELL) - experienced a surge in yields on their government bonds in 2009, followed by a sharp decline.

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