shop bell
- noun
:
campana de la tienda
- (Shop bell)
Examples
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Whenever a new customer arrived, the shop bell would alert the proprietor.
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[shop bell jingles]
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(shop bells rings)
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[shop bell jingles]
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[shop bell jingles]
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[shop bell jingling]
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[shop bell tinkles]
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As the customer entered, the shop bell rang to signal the owner.
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The shop bell jingled softly when the door opened.
Synonyms
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A button by the front door that rings when someone presses it to tell you a visitor is there
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A small machine that makes a low, repeating sound to tell people something
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A device that makes a sound to get someone's attention
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'shop' (a place of business) with 'bell' (a signaling device): it denotes the type/location of the bell. This simple noun–noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Shop bell comes from the small bell attached to a shop door that rings when a customer walks in or out, so the shopkeeper can hear someone arriving. So it means 'a bell that alerts the owner'.