bell
- noun
- /bɛl/
- Specialized
- Custom-built deposition chambers with bell jars, or cubic chambers, are built according to specifications with thermal, e-beam, sputtering, or ion-assisted devices.
- bell nozzle
Examples
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The bell, a long wind chime of white doves lined one below the other, tinkles behind him.
Fiction book (1996) -
I quietly go up into the tower to clean the bell while Father Lawrence goes on with his work.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then he went to sit at the base of the bell tower facing the church.
Blog text (2) -
The main form of my bell is done and it is wired and it mostly works.
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Before the starting bell, he put his trumpet to his lips, ready to play.
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This is a Chinese cloisonnė bell.
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On the other side of the sphere was a narrow straight channel that ended in the flared bell of a rocket nozzle.
Fiction book (2001) -
The scientist used a bell jar to create a vacuum for his experiment.
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The brass bell of the instrument produced a clear and melodious tone.
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He carefully placed the glass bell over the specimen to protect it from dust.
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 used for the flared end of a tube because that opening looks like a small bell, so parts like a trumpet's 'bell' are named after the object's shape.