Unscramble bell

Definition of bell

noun:

• a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. Synonyms: buzzer, doorbell.
• the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell", "she heard the distant toll of church bells". Synonyms: toll.
• (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.
• the shape of a bell. Synonyms: bell shape, campana.
• a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). Synonyms: Alexander Melville Bell, Bell, Melville Bell.
• English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). Synonyms: Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen.
• United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). Synonyms: Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Bell.
• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. Synonyms: chime, gong.
• the flared opening of a tubular device.

verb:

• attach a bell to; "bell cows".

Related words

angelus, carillon, cascabel, cowbell, handbell, knell, tocsin.

Words nearby

ball, bel, belle, belly, belt, bill, boell, boll, bull, cell, dell, ell, fell, hell, jell, sell, tell, well, yell.

Rhymes with

abele, afl, antipersonnel, bel, belle, cabell, cartel, cattell, cavell, cell, clientele, compel, cornell, dell, dispel, dwell, el, ell, excel, expel.