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| NOUN | 1 | bell | A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
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| 2 | bell, doorbell, buzzer | A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | |
| 3 | bell, toll | The sound of a bell being struck | |
| 4 | bell, ship's bell | (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell | |
| 5 | bell, bell shape, campana | The shape of a bell | |
| 6 | Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell | A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) | |
| 7 | Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | English painter | |
| 8 | Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) | |
| 9 | bell, chime, gong | A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer | |
| 10 | bell | The flared opening of a tubular device | |
| VERB | 1 | bell | Attach a bell to |
| Sounds | beh'l |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle, barbell, Bel, and 91 more rhymes in ehl... |
| Meaning | A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck. |
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| Parts | clapper, tongue; sound bow |
| Broader | acoustic device; signaling device |
| Narrower | church bell; cowbell; death knell, death bell; dinner bell; electric bell; fire bell; school bell; sheep bell; shop bell; sleigh bell, cascabel; tocsin, warning bell |
| Instances | Liberty Bell |
| Verbs | bell |
| Meaning | A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. |
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| Synonyms | doorbell, buzzer |
| Broader | push button, push, button |
| Narrower | night bell |
| Meaning | The sound of a bell being struck. |
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| Examples | "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" |
| Synonyms | toll |
| Broader | sound |
| Narrower | knell; angelus bell, angelus |
| Verbs | bell |
| Meaning | (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. |
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| Synonyms | ship's bell |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing |
| Broader | time unit, unit of time |
| Meaning | The shape of a bell. |
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| Synonyms | bell shape, campana |
| Broader | curve, curved shape |
| Meaning | A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). |
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| Synonyms | Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell |
| Instance of | phonetician |
| Meaning | English painter. Sister of Virginia Woolf. Prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). |
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| Synonyms | Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen |
| Member of | Bloomsbury Group |
| Instance of | painter |
| Meaning | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). |
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| Synonyms | Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell |
| Instance of | inventor, discoverer, artificer |
| Meaning | A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer. Used as an orchestral instrument. |
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| Synonyms | chime, gong |
| Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument |
| Narrower | carillon; handbell |
| Meaning | The flared opening of a tubular device. |
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| Part of | blunderbuss; funnel; wind instrument, wind |
| Broader | opening |
| Meaning | Attach a bell to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "bell cows" |
| Broader | attach |
| Nouns | bell; bell |
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