Difference between pipe and bell
Definitions
verb
- trim with piping
- utter a shrill cry
- play on a pipe
- transport by pipeline
noun
- a tubular wind instrument
- a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
- a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
- the flues and stops on a pipe organ
- a hollow cylindrical shape
Examples
In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and
The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe.
Definitions
noun
- the shape of a bell
- (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.
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- the flared opening of a tubular device
verb
- attach a bell to
Examples
There’s a town on the central coast of British Columbia called Bella Coola, B.C. that could probably use a little attention right now.
After a little while the bellboy realized that there was a special on rooms that night and the price for the men's room should have been $25.
The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.
