bell
- noun
- /bɛl/
- When the sky brightened, the bells on his sheep and goats started to clatter.
- the bell rang
- jingle bells
- bell clapper
It's like here, the bell is like right here.
- It's like here, the bell is like right here.
- And when the final bell rings thing, what do you do?
- yo-yo, how about this Jingle Bell dig...
- Oh Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way.
- So those bells I recorded are bells I recorded.
- Like this nigga was string a bell on the wire.
Examples
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"Husband," said the woman, "surely this bell is a sign of good fortune."
Academic text (1995) -
When Calvera comes, the church bell will ring the alarm.
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I heard the sound of finger bells in the alley on my way home to dinner.
Fiction book (1990) -
Scarlett heard the sound of church bells from a few blocks away.
Fiction book (1991) -
They make these beautiful bronze bells and clay bells that people buy.
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Somewhere, a great rabbit was leaping from drift to drift, strange bells ringing faintly through the silent woods.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the clock struck noon, the church bell rang out across the town.
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The musician played a beautiful melody on the large brass bell during the concert.
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In the quiet village, the bell tolled softly to mark the beginning of the festival.
Idioms
- Informal
To try to undo something after it has happened and cannot be changed
Compounds
- Specialized
A curved line on a graph showing most results near the average and fewer at the ends
- Archaic
Trousers with legs that get wider from the knee down, often worn in the 1960s and 1970s
- Specialized
A glass cover shaped like a bell used to protect fragile things like clocks or small objects
- Specialized
A strong chamber with an open bottom filled with air that carries people or equipment underwater for work
- Specialized
A curve shaped like a bell that shows most values near the average
- Specialized
A large bell-shaped oven that heats steel strips to remove hardening and make them softer
- Specialized
A furnace that covers steel strips with a bell-shaped hood to make them softer
- Specialized
An arch with a rounded top that rests on stones sticking out from a wall like a bell
A small European shrub with thin needle-like leaves and bell-shaped purple or pink flowers
- UK
A tall plant with clusters of large pink-purple tube-like flowers and leaves poisonous to farm animals
- South African
A small African shrub with long hanging stems and yellow flowers that smell sweet
- Archaic
A small electric bell that rings to tell someone about an incoming phone call
A decorative thing of metal, glass or clay that hangs and makes a soft tinkling sound in wind
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Etymology
Bell probably comes from the simple sound a bell makes, like 'ring', so it names the hollow metal object that makes that clear noise.