bell
- noun
- /bɛl/
- At last, they halted at a circle of bell-shaped tents of horsehide, lashed with leather thongs.
- bell-shaped flower
- bell curve
- a bell pepper
And so that is for whom the Bell Curve tolls.
- And so that is for whom the Bell Curve tolls.
- Oh, I love these bell sleeves and also cotton on.
Examples
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These are the times of the day run by the bells of the nearby church.
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The bell in my station hasn't stopped ringing since dawn.
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After that, the tree would bear bright red bell-shaped fruit on the otherwise empty branches.
Fiction book (1991) -
The church's bell rang loudly to announce the start of the service.
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At the end of the school day, the bell rang, signaling students to head home.
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He admired the beautiful bell hanging in the garden, shaped like a traditional antique.
Synonyms
A rounded form that is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top like a bell
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
How Flared
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bell is easy to remember for shape because the object has a wide bottom and narrow top; many things that look like a real bell are called a 'bell' shape.