bell

(noun) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.

(noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. Synonyms: doorbell, buzzer.

(noun) the sound of a bell being struck. Synonyms: toll. Examples: "Saved by the bell." "She heard the distant toll of church bells."

(noun) (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.. Synonyms: ship's bell.

(noun) the shape of a bell. Synonyms: bell shape, campana.

(noun) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). Synonyms: Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell.

(noun) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). Synonyms: Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen.

(noun) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). Synonyms: Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell.

(noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. Synonyms: chime, gong.

(noun) the flared opening of a tubular device.

(verb) attach a bell to. Example: "Bell cows."