bell
- noun
- /bɛl/
- At Civitas Learning, Mark Milliron demonstrates how a bell is rung when a company goal is achieved.
- door bell
- alarm bell
- bell as a signal
Subscribe, ring the bell, live long and prosper.
- Subscribe, ring the bell, live long and prosper.
- So please hit that subscribe button, click that notification bell thing and enjoy.
- I was like, no, the bell does actually dismiss him.
- Fucking subscribe and Bell and hit that shit.
Examples
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We've got to ring the school bell to warn everyone!
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Same school, same music department, same bell signaling the beginning of the next period.
Academic text (2010) -
"We're going to need you to ring the bell next Christmas, too."
Fiction book (1993) -
Does that ring a bell?
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So instead of ringing the bell, they have another method.
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And once I ring the bell, it's the drone team's problem.
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For example, timely response to call bells has been used for monitoring the quality of care.
Academic text (2002) -
Mr. Powell stood on the steps and rang the school bell, and I saw the children running inside.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Sir Robert pulled the bell rope and sent a servant to ask Colonel Fontclair to join them."
Fiction book (1993) -
The bell rings at 8 AM each morning, signaling the start of classes.
Synonyms
A device that makes a loud sound to warn or wake people
A machine that makes a loud wailing sound to warn people
A device that makes a loud sound to warn or signal people
A small machine that makes a low, repeating sound to tell people something
A small electronic machine that makes a short sound to tell someone to call you
A light or action used to get people's attention
A tool that makes a loud sound or bright light to tell people there is danger
A thing that uses sound or light to warn people and give information
A person, device, or app that tells people about something important
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 Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bell was often used to call people, so the word also names a device or icon that gives a 'call' or alert.