school bell
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- noun
- /skuːl bɛl/
:
timbre escolar
- When the school bell rings at 3 p.m., about 70 students each day filter into the school's cafeteria for the tutoring program.
- the school bell rang
- the school bell sounded
- the school bell signaling the end
Examples
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Mr. Powell stood on the steps and rang the school bell, and I saw the children running inside.
Fiction book (1993) -
We've got to ring the school bell to warn everyone!
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Start on this game before the school bell rings.
Blog text (27) -
No school bells would ring on this morning.
Fiction book (1995) -
The school bell rings and the kids arrive in cars, on bikes, and walking.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's a school bell signaling the end of the period.
Fiction book (1993) -
It was just as well because the school bell rang and my first day of school came to an end.
Fiction book (1993) -
As the school bell rings, the boy joins the others rushing into the building, leaving Frank and the Irish gang alone on opposite sides of the street.
Fiction book (1991) -
I wanted to talk to her, but the school bell rang, signaling my girls' dismissal time.
Blog text (9) -
As the last notes of the lesson faded, the school bell rang, signaling that it was time for recess.
Synonyms
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A shape that is round at the bottom and narrow at the top
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Morphology
The meaning 'a bell rung in a school to signal classes or breaks' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'school' (educational institution) with 'bell' (a ringing object). This simple noun+noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
School bell comes from the loud bell hung in a school to signal when class should 'start' or 'end'. Because the sound told everyone to move or stop their work, school bell now means the bell that marks the beginning or end of lessons.