What does bell-mouthed mean?
Bell-mouthed means Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared..
a bell-mouthed gun
His bell-mouth'd goblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst
He perceived it to be a drawing, by some first-rate artist, of the bell-mouthed flower Calycanthus, extremely rich and elaborate, and truly worthy of its imperial destination.
I could hear again the rifle's thin report, could note the whisper of the secret-loving paddle, the slipping of the snow-shoe on the snow, the clatter of the hoofs of horses, the baying of the bell-mouthed hounds.
Brake linings on a bell-mouthed brake drum will make contact only on the inner surface of the drum.
On a table stood a full carafe — one of those bell-mouthed Italian carafes, flanked by a black bottle.
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Bell-mouthed means Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared..
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a bell-mouthed gun
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