EGAVE

bell

About 21.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
  2. noun An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
  3. noun The sounding of a bell as a signal.
  4. noun A telephone call.
    I’ll give you a bell later.
  5. noun A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
  6. noun The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
  7. noun Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
  8. noun The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.

Similar words

gong chime campana doorbell buzzer alexander bell alexander graham bell bell shape ringer ringing

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Word family

Alexander Graham Bell Bell belled belling bells

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