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bell

/bɛl/noun, verb1 syllable

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

Synonyms for bell14

noun, as in a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell

noun, as in English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen

noun, as in United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell

noun, as in a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

doorbell, buzzer

noun, as in the shape of a bell

bell shape, campana

noun, as in a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

chime, gong

noun, as in the sound of a bell being struck

toll

noun, as in (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.

ship's bell

What does bell mean?11

noun

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

the shape of a bell

6

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

7

the sound of a bell being struck“saved by the bell”

8

(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.

9

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

10

the flared opening of a tubular device

verb

1

attach a bell to“bell cows”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bell?41

three syllables

personnelurl

four syllables

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All 41 rhymes for bell, grouped by syllable

Bell in a sentence

  • As soon as the bell rang, the teacher came into the classroom.CK
  • Immediately after the bell rang, the teacher came into the classroom.CK
  • I ran to school, but the bell had already rung.CK
  • Right after the teacher finished the class, the bell rang.CK
  • The teacher, not having heard the bell, didn't stop talking.unknown
  • As soon as she heard the bell ring, she answered the telephone.CK
  • As soon as the bell rang, we got up.CK
  • He came in, and at the same time the bell rang.Eldad

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bell

as a noun

plural
bells

as a verb

past tense
belled
present participle
belling
third-person singular
bells
past participle
belled