[
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
- 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?
- 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
- 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.
- Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
- Lost in nostalgic souvenirs I ambled past les belles, snapping a few more photos along the way. Kindness of strangers
- 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
- All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one oclock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
- Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
- 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
- To wake up with her belly-up and demanding affection is to have your heart explode with the kind of joy that compels some people into a life of large-scale oil painting.