bell

A1
Pronunciation
/bɛl/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

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.

2 Definition

The sounding of a bell as a signal.

3 Definition

A telephone call.

Example Sentences
  • I’ll give you a bell later.
4 Definition

A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.

5 Definition

The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.

6 Definition

Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

7 Definition

The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.

8 Definition

A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).

9 Definition

Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.

10 Definition

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.

11 Definition

An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.

12 Definition

The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To attach a bell to.

Example Sentences
  • Who will bell the cat?
2 Definition

To shape so that it flares out like a bell.

Example Sentences
  • to bell a tube
3 Definition

To telephone.

4 Definition

To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.

Example Sentences
  • Hops bell.
5 Definition

To bellow or roar.

6 Definition

To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.