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Bell

Bell Meaning & Definition
Bell Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bell?

[n] a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
[n] the flared opening of a tubular device
[n] a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
[n] a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
[n] the sound of a bell; "saved by the bell"
[n] American inventor of the telephone (1847-1922)
[n] English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
[n] the shape of a bell
[n] (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.
[v] attach a bell to; "bell cows"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bell: Alexander Bell | Alexander Graham Bell | bell shape | buzzer | campana | chime | doorbell | gong | ship's bell | Vanessa Bell | Vanessa Stephen

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bell: aerophone | aid to navigation | alarm | amber light | arrest | balefire | battery | beacon | beacon fire | bell buoy | bells | blinker | blue peter | bones | bong | buoy | castanets | caution light | celesta | check | checkmate | chime | chimes | church bell | clapper | clappers | cowbell | crash cymbal | cutoff | cymbals | dead stop | deadlock | dinner bell | dinner gong | doorbell | double reed | embouchure | end | endgame | ending | final whistle | finger cymbals | fire bell | flare | fog bell | fog signal | fog whistle | foghorn | full stop | gamelan | glance | glockenspiel | go light | gong | gong bell | gong buoy | green light | grinding halt | gun | halt | hand bell | handbells | heliograph | high sign | horn | hour | idiophone | international alphabet flag | international numeral pennant | jingle bell | key | kick | knell | leer | lip | lockout | lyra | maraca | marimba | marker beacon | metallophone | minute | mouthpiece | nod | nudge | orchestral bells | parachute flare | passing bell | peal | percussion | percussion instrument | percussions | percussive | pilot flag | pipe | poke | police whistle | quarantine flag | radio beacon | rattle | rattlebones | red flag | red light | reed | rocket | Roman candle | sacring bell | sailing aid | semaphore | semaphore flag | semaphore telegraph | sheepbell | sign | signal | signal beacon | signal bell | signal fire | signal flag | signal gong | signal gun | signal lamp | signal light | signal mast | signal post | signal rocket | signal shot | signal siren | signal tower | sit-down strike | sizzler | sleigh bell | slide | snappers | spar buoy | stalemate | stand | standoff | standstill | stay | stop | stop light | stoppage | strike | tam-tam | telephone bell | the nod | the time | the wink | time | time of day | time signal | tintinnabula | tintinnabulum | toll | tongue | tonitruone | tooter | touch | traffic light | traffic signal | triangle | tubular bells | valve | vibes | vibraphone | walkout | watch fire | white flag | wigwag | wigwag flag | wind | wind instrument | wink | work stoppage | xylophone | yellow flag

See Also | acoustic device | angelus | angelus bell | artificer | attach | Bloomsbury Group | blunderbuss | button | carillon | cascabel | church bell | clapper | cowbell | curve | curved shape | death bell | death knell | dinner bell | discoverer | electric bell | fire bell | funnel | handbell | inventor | knell | Liberty Bell | night bell | opening | painter | percussion instrument | percussive instrument | push | push button | school bell | sheep bell | shop bell | signaling device | sleigh bell | sound | sound bow | time unit | tocsin | tongue | unit of time | warning bell | wind | wind instrument

Bell In Webster's Dictionary

\Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words ``Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.'' 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. ``In a cowslip's bell I lie.'' --Shak. 4. (Arch.) That 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. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck ``eight bells'' it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times. {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller. {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. ``In single fight he lost the bell.'' --Fairfax. {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak. Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining. {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are founded or cast. {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}. {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells. {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun. {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent. {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
\Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belling}.] To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat. 2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
\Bell\, v. i. To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.
\Bell\, v. t. [AS. bellan. See {Bellow}.] To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]
\Bell\, v. i. To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar. As loud as belleth wind in hell. --Chaucer. The wild buck bells from ferny brake. --Sir W. Scott.

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