Bell

Quick meaning: Bell is a noun meaning An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.

Meaning

An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.

More Meanings

1. The sounding of a bell as a signal.
2. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
3. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
4. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
5. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
6. (music) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
7. (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call.

Example Sentences

to bell a tube

Who will bell the cat?

In a cowslip's bell I lie.

I’ll give you a bell later.

Word Forms

• bells
• belling
• belled

Synonyms for bell

Depending on context, synonyms include campane, alert, beep, chime, gong, buzzer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gong, chime, doorbell, buzzer, ringer, ringing.

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