bell

noun

1
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
2
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
3
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
4
the flared opening of a tubular device
5
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
6
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
7
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
8
the sound of a bell being struck
saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells
9
the shape of a bell
10
(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.

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