[
UK
/bˈɛl/
]
[ US /ˈbɛɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛɫ/ ]
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
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the sound of a bell being struck
saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells - a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
VERB
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attach a bell to
bell cows
How To Use bell In A Sentence
- 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. Blogging Batholiths Part 2 - The Panda's Thumb
- Receiving the round initial in the third quarter, the Rams would put together the 10-play, 61-yard expostulate immoderate 5 mins as great as finishing it off with the 6-yard TD pass from Stefkovich to So, TE, Joe Migliarese (Blue Bell, Pa.) to tighten the measure to twenty-nine twenty-eight TU. Archive 2009-12-01
- Apparently, the discovery that Landis is 10,000 years old further proves the fact that he is using performance enhancing steroids. creeky belly Doping ID - The Panda's Thumb
- So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
- 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. Math problem?
- Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
- In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone.
- 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.
- She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell.
- Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
