Bell meaning

Word: Bell

How to pronounce: bel

Noun

Definitions:

1. A hollow object, typically made of metal and having the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, typically by means of a clapper inside.

Example sentences: "The church bells tolled"

2. A bell-shaped object or part of something.

3. A musical instrument consisting of a set of cylindrical metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer.

Example sentences: "Working with sampled bells, gongs and prepared piano, he then uses electronic equipment to process this first layer and continues to build up his compositions."

4. (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times.

Example sentences: "At five bells in the forenoon of June 11"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Provide with a bell or bells; attach a bell or bells to.

Example sentences: "The young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them"

2. Make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell.

3. Spread or flare outward like the lip of a bell.

Example sentences: "Her shirt belled out behind"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.

Example sentences: "Our guides will have you listen to the bell of the stag at the mating season or observe the animals from watch towers."

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.

Example sentences: "The wood in the half-light waking at daybreak to the belling of stags that bursts into barks."

Proper noun

Definitions:

1. A city in southwestern California, southeast of Los Angeles; population 36,657 (est. 2008).

Proper noun

Definitions:

1. Currer, Ellis, and Acton, the pseudonyms used by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, respectively.


Synonyms:

hand bell

little bell

handbell

bellflower

ringing

peal

chime

knell

doorbell

ringer

toll

ring

campana

buzzer

gong

belfry

jingle

tinkle

spigot end


Derivations:

Belle

Bella

belling

belled


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Spanish: Campana

German: Bell

French: Bell

Italian: Bell

Turkish: Çan