noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
noun the sound of a bell being struck
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.
noun the shape of a bell
noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
noun English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
noun United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
