bell

n. hollow metal object used to make a ringing sound; ringing sound made by a bell

n. family name; Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), American scientist and inventor of the telephone

Bell may refer to: Devices that produce sound Bell (instrument), a simple sound-making deviceAltar bell, a bell rung during the Catholic MassBell (school), a bell that signals transitions during a school dayBell cymbal, a small cymbal. The bell is also the center, rounded part of a cymbal.Bell tree, instrument made of nested bellsBermuda carriage bell, used in vehicles as a warning to pedestriansCarillon, an instrument which utilizes bells, normally housed in a bell tower, and played from a keyboardChime (bell instrument), similar to a carillon, but with fewer bellsChurch bell, a bell hanging in a church towerElectric bell, such as a doorbell or buzzerHandbell, a handheld bell, rung singly (such as a school bell) or in tuned sets played by a bell choirJingle bell, a spherical bell that produces a distinct "jingle" soundLast call bell, a bell that signals the closing of a barMark tree, a set of small hanging chimes, sometimes mislabeled as a wind chimeOrchestra bell, better known as GlockenspielShip's bells, bells which mark time on a shipSlave bell, used to regulate slaveryTubular bell, used in tuned sets as in a longcase clock, orchestral chime, organ, or towerBell (wind), the round, flared opening of a wind instrument opposite the mouthpieceBell character, a character that produces an audible signal at a terminalBell effect, a musical technique similar to an arpeggioBell unit (bel), measure of the ratio between two quantities
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Noun
1. a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
(synonym) Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell
(hypernym) phonetician
2. English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
(synonym) Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
(hypernym) painter
(member-holonym) Bloomsbury Group
3. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
(synonym) Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
(hypernym) inventor, discoverer, artificer

Noun
1. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
(hypernym) acoustic device
(hyponym) church bell
(part-meronym) clapper, tongue
2. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
(synonym) doorbell, buzzer
(hypernym) push button, push, button
(hyponym) night bell
3. the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
(synonym) toll
(hypernym) sound
(hyponym) knell
4. (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.
(synonym) ship's bell
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(classification) seafaring, navigation, sailing
5. the shape of a bell
(synonym) bell shape, campana
(hypernym) curve, curved shape
6. a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
(synonym) chime, gong
(hypernym) percussion instrument, percussive instrument
(hyponym) carillon
7. the flared opening of a tubular device
(hypernym) opening
(part-holonym) wind instrument, wind
Verb
1. attach a bell to; "bell cows"
(hypernym) attach
(derivation) toll

n. Bell, Alexander Bell (1847-1922), 19th-20th century American scientist, inventor of the telephone

v. bark, make a dog-like cry; speak harshly and loudly; yip

n. Bell, family name; Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), American scientist and inventor, inventor of the telephone