Bell meaning

What does “bell” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“bell” is a noun and verb with 11 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.

bell

noun

  1. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

  2. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

  3. the sound of a bell being struck

    “saved by the bell”

    “she heard the distant toll of church bells”

    Synonymstoll
  4. (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.

    Synonymsship's bell
  5. the shape of a bell

  6. a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

  7. English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

  8. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

  9. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

    Synonymschimegong
  10. the flared opening of a tubular device

verb

  1. attach a bell to

    “bell cows”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University