bell
Meaning
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- 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.
- An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
- The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- (informal) A telephone call.
- A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
- The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
- Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
- The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
- The bell character.
- Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
- The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
- A bubble.
- (slang) Clipping of bell-end (“stupid or contemptible person”).
Synonyms
small bell
large bell
hand bell
bell shape
ship’s bell
o’clock
little bell
BEL
phosphoriser
bell mouth
funnel-shaped opening
pipe socket
tree-type
muzzle bell
grain hopper
furnace lid
undercarriage bay
immersion bell
rutting call
funnel shaped
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛl/
Etymology
From Middle English belle, from Old English belle (“bell”), from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. Cognate with West Frisian belle, bel, Dutch bel, Low German Belle, Bel, Danish bjelde, Swedish bjällra, Norwegian bjelle, Icelandic bjalla.
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