Definition of bell in English English dictionary
- A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)"
- The Bell telephone company (after , the inventor of the telephone.)
- a telephone utility
- A male given name occasionally transferred from the surname
- A female given name, a variant of Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century
I couldn’t make out her name at first; for, when she gave it in answer to my inquiry, it sounded like Beltot, which didn’t sound right. But, when we became better acquainted—which was while Charker and I were drinking sugar-cane sangaree, which she made in a most excellent manner—I found that her Christian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased non-commissioned officer was Tott. Being the kind of neat little woman it was natural to make a toy of—I never saw a woman so like a toy in my life—she had got the plaything name of Belltott. In short, she had no other name on the island.
- To shape so that flares out like a bell
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut
- Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
- To telephone
Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. Bell us on the mobile.''.
- A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck
- A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day
- The sounding of a bell as a signal
- The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument
- To attach a bell to
Who will bell the cat?.
- A telephone call
I’ll give you a bell later.
- To bellow or roar
Then, incredibly, a rutting stag belled by the trunks.
- {n} a hollow sounding vessel made of metal
- {v} to grow like a bell in shape, to swell
- The Bell telephone company (after w: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
- {i} family name; Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), American scientist and inventor of the telephone
- A tool used since ancient times in all traditions to chase away evil spirits and to attract good ones The ringing of a bell at the beginning of a Pagan or Wiccan ritual, like the ringing of bells in a Christian church, hearkens back to ancient traditions of using bells for this purpose
- That portion of a pipe which, for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a joint
- 1 attunement 2 new insight 3 signal to be alert 4 caution 5 awareness of angelic presence
- A signal at a school that tells the students when its time to change classes during the day
- a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
- the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
- attach a bell to; "bell cows"
- A bell is a device that makes a ringing sound and is used to give a signal or to attract people's attention. I've been ringing the door bell, there's no answer
- If something is as clear as a bell, it is very clear indeed. There are 80 of these pictures and they're all as clear as a bell
- An echo; encouraging signal
- To utter by bellowing
- A resonant metal object, closed at one end (the crown) and open at the other (the mouth) It is struck on the inside of its soundbow by the clapper which is free to swing in the direction of the bell's motion A tower bell is mounted on a headstock which is turned by a wheel A handbell is mounted on a handle Bells are usually made of bell-metal (a kind of bronze) although a few are of steel
- Signal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading
- To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube
- To flare a case mouth to receive a bullet easily
- If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is. The description of one of the lads is definitely familiar. It rings a bell. Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone. The first demonstration of electrical transmission of speech by his apparatus took place in 1876. Bell also invented the audiometer, an early hearing aid, and improved the phonograph. A city of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 34,365. British critic who proposed his aesthetic theory of significant form in Art (1914). American baseball player who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues (1922-1950). Considered by many to be the fastest base runner ever, he reportedly stole 175 bases in 200 games in 1933. To utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow. Hollow vessel, usually of metal, that produces a ringing sound when struck by an interior clapper or a mallet. In the West, open bells have acquired a standard "tulip" shape. Though the vibrational patterns of such open bells are basically nonharmonic, they can be tuned so that the lower overtones produce a recognizable chord. Forged bells have existed for many thousands of years. Bells were first cast, or founded, in the Bronze Age; the Chinese were the first master founders. Bells have carried a wide range of cultural meanings. They are particularly important in religious ritual in East and South Asia. In Christianity, especially Russian Orthodoxy, bells have also been used ritually. They have tolled the hours from monastery and church steeples, originally to govern monastic routine and later also to fill a similar role for the secular world. Bell Burnell Susan Jocelyn Susan Jocelyn Bell Bell Laboratories Bell Alexander Graham Bell Arthur Clive Heward Bell Cool Papa James Thomas Bell Bell Gertrude Bell John Wells Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells Barnett Lila Bell Acheson
- United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) the shape of a bell (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4: 00, 8: 00, or 12: 00 o'clock, either a
- the shape of a bell
- A bell is a hollow metal object shaped like a cup which has a piece hanging inside it that hits the sides and makes a sound. My brother, Neville, was born on a Sunday, when all the church bells were ringing
- To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat
- attach a bell to; "bell cows
- (B) echo; encouraging signal
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck
- the opposite end to the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument, the open end
- The device that sounds to mark the open and close of each trading day on many organized financial exchange The bell usually starts ringing when there is 5-10 seconds left in the trading day
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- That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital
- AT&T created a series of modem standards used in the USA and Canada The Bell 103 standard is used for North American 300 BPS modems and 212A is used for 1200 BPS modems The 212A is similar to but incompatible with the European CCITT V 22 standard
- English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
- a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- The flared section that terminates all brass instruments and determines their radiation charaterestics
- Complex American cultivar created by T V Munson Is a cross of Elvira X Delaware Attractive variety suitable for growing in the south-central States of the U S A (No other details as yet)
- {i} hollow metal object used to make a ringing sound; ringing sound made by a bell
- Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower
- From Anglo-Saxon bellan, to roar Old Norse bjalla, bell, from bylja, to resound A hollow vessel, usually cup-shaped and of some hard, brittle material-in most cases metal-which is capable of ringing upon being struck near the rim The striking agent in the Westem world is normally of metal, but in the Orient is of wood
- the flared opening of a tubular device
- a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
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- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck the flared opening of a tubular device the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
- May be used to signify the most solemn moments of the Mass, such as the consecration, and to invite people to communion Boat - The container inside which the incense is kept Book of Gospels - Contains all the Gospel readings for the Church's year It is brought to the lectern during the Gospel acclamation It may be carried into church as part of the entrance procession or put in a special place before the celebration begins
- n an instrument that makes a musical sound ("a church bell")
- A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved
- full sleeve, flaring at the bottom taking on a bell shape
- * To bell a case mouth is to slightly open it or flare it to help in bullet seating
- The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated
- An object made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell
- Signal indicating that trading on major exchanges has either opened or closed
- United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
- Bell's palsy
- A paralysis of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side
- bell buoy
- A buoy on which is mounted a bell with four clappers, hung inside an iron cage, which is rung by the motion of the waves
- bell buoys
- plural form of bell buoy
- bell captain
- A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel
He returned to his hotel that afternoon . . . but he received an electric shock as he approached the desk, for the bell captain addressed him, saying: Mr. Haviland wishes to see you at once, in his office..
- bell captains
- plural form of bell captain
- bell curve
- In mathematics, the bell shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution
- bell curves
- plural form of bell curve
- bell out
- To open out into a bell shape
Her dress belled out at the bottom.
- bell pepper
- Capsicum annuum: an edible spicy-sweet fruit, indigenous to the New World
- bell peppers
- plural form of bell pepper
- bell ringer
- A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells
- bell ringers
- plural form of bell ringer
- bell rope
- A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck
- bell ropes
- plural form of bell rope
- bell the cat
- To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group
- bell tower
- A tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry
- bell towers
- plural form of bell tower
- bell-bind
- Rutland beauty
- bell-bottom
- A style of pants in which the end of each pantleg flares out dramatically from the knee downward, like the mouth of a bell
- bell-bottom trousers
- Trousers with a wide flair towards the bottom of the legs, permitting them to be rolled-up above the knee; traditionally worn by sailors
- bell-bottomed
- A style of pants in which the end of each pantleg flares out dramatically from the knee downward, like the mouth of a bell
- bell-bottomed trousers
- bell-bottom trousers
- bell-bottoms
- Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, particularly reminiscent of the 1970s
- bell-collar
- A strip of leather, put around the neck of animals, to which a bell is attached
- bell-end
- The glans penis
- bell-end
- A stupid or contemptible person
- bell-pull
- A device for signalling a bell by remote via wires and pulleys
While she was doing this the wood partition in the centre of the house thrilled to its centre with the tugging of a bell-pull upstairs. A bell below tinkled a note that was feebler in sound than the twanging of wires and cranks that had produced it.
- bell-ringer
- Alternative spelling of bell ringer
- bell-ringing
- The ringing of bells, either as a pastime or for religious observance
- bell-shaped
- Having a shape or cross-section like the cross-section of a bell
- bell-bottoms
- (plural noun) trousers with a wide flare below the knee
- bell-end
- (Argo) The head of the penis, being vaguely bell shaped
- Bell Communications Research, Inc.
- research laboratory that serves the regional telephone carriers in the USA (located in New Jersey)
- Bell Gardens
- A city of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 42,355
- Bell Laboratories
- a group of laboratories in the US where scientists have made many important discoveries and developments in science and technology. U.S. research and development company (founded 1925) that develops telecommunications equipment and carries out defense-related research. Formerly part of AT&T, it now belongs to Lucent Technologies, Inc., which spun off from AT&T in 1996. Bell Labs has produced thousands of inventions, including the first synchronous-sound motion-picture system, the electrical-relay digital computer, the laser, the solar cell, UNIX, and the C and C++ programming languages. Several Bell researchers have won Nobel Prizes: Clinton Davisson, for demonstrating the wave nature of matter; John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William B. Shockley, for inventing the transistor; and Arno Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, for discovering cosmic microwave background radiation. It operates today in some 20 countries
- Bell Labs
- research laboratories of the Bell Telephone company (located in New Jersey)
- Bell's palsy
- A unilateral facial muscle paralysis of sudden onset, resulting from trauma, compression, or infection of the facial nerve and characterized by muscle weakness and a distorted facial expression
- bell animalcule
- An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds
- bell apple
- the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
- bell arch
- a round arch resting on corbels
- bell bearer
- A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell- shaped appendages of its thorax
- bell book
- a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded
- bell bottomed
- {s} having wide and flaring legs out below the knee (of pants)
- bell buoy
- A buoy fitted with a warning bell that is activated by the movement of the waves
- bell buoy
- a buoy with a bell on it
- bell captain
- the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
- bell captain
- The supervisor of a group of bellhops
- bell cote
- a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof
- bell crank
- It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc
- bell crank
- and also in machinery
- bell crank
- A linkage in the form of a right-angled lever, with the pivot at the corner Shimano 3-speed hubs (and some Sturmey-Archer 5-speeds) use a bell crank to translate a pull on the gear cable into a push on a loose fitting pushrod that fits into the axle
- bell crank
- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle
- bell deck
- a floor under the bells of an open belfry
- bell founder
- a person who casts metal bells
- bell foundry
- a foundry where bells are cast
- bell gable
- an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote
- bell heather
- common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
- bell housing
- The covering (named for its shape) that surrounds the flywheel and clutch of a manual-gearbox car or the flywheel and torque converter with automatic transmission
- bell housing
- The metal shell surrounding the clutch assembly that bolts to the rear of the engine
- bell housing
- Sometimes called "clutch housing " The metal covering around the flywheel and clutch (of a manual transmission) or torque converter assembly (of an automatic transmission)
- bell jar
- A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it
- bell jar
- A cylindrical glass vessel with a rounded top and an open base, used to protect and display fragile objects or to establish a vacuum or a controlled atmosphere in scientific experiments
- bell jar
- a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases
- bell jar
- It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view
- bell jar
- {i} bell-shaped glass jar or cover for displaying and protecting delicate objects; bell-shaped glass container (closed at top and open at bottom) used in laboratories for keeping gases or vacuum under control during vacuum and chemical experiments
- bell lap
- The final lap of a race, as at a track meet, signaled by the ringing of a bell as the leader begins the lap
- bell metal
- A bronze alloy of roughly 80 percent copper and 20 percent tin
- bell metal
- An alloy of tin and copper used to make bells
- bell metal
- bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells
- bell metal
- A kind of bronze, usually about 1/4 copper and 1/4 tin
- bell metal
- A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; used for making bells
- bell pepper
- A bell pepper is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds
- bell pepper
- It is the red pepper of the gardens
- bell pepper
- plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- bell pepper
- A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper C
- bell pepper
- large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties
- bell pepper
- annuum
- bell process
- Lowthian Bell of England about 1875
- bell process
- The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I
- bell pull
- handle or cord connected to a bell which is pulled to ring the bell
- bell push
- a button that is pushed to ring a bell
- bell ringer
- A bell ringer is someone who rings church bells or hand bells, especially as a hobby
- bell ringer
- person who plays musical handbells; toller, person who rings church bells; something that succeeds in attaining its goal in every way
- bell ringer
- someone who plays musical handbells
- bell ringer
- toller: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- bell ringer
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"
- bell ringing
- electioneering: persuasion of voters in a political campaign
- bell ringing
- playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower the sound of someone playing a set of bells
- bell ringing
- playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
- bell ringing
- the sound of someone playing a set of bells
- bell rope
- {i} rope used to ring a bell (church bell, etc.)
- bell seat
- a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs)
- bell tent
- a bell-shaped tent
- bell the cat
- do the dangerous thing, take the risk, face the danger with bravery
- bell the cat
- take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?
- bell tower
- A tower in which a bell or a set of bells is hung
- bell tower
- tall narrow tower in which a church bell is located
- bell tower
- a tower that supports or shelters a bell
- bell-bottom
- {s} bell-bottoms, having wide and flaring legs out below the knee (of pants)
- bell-bottom
- (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers"
- bell-bottomed
- (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers"
- bell-bottomed
- (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers
- bell-bottoms
- The form bell-bottom is used as a modifier. Bell-bottoms are trousers that are very wide at the bottom of the leg, near your feet. Flares, loons and bell-bottoms are back bell-bottom trousers. trousers with legs that get wider from the knee to the bottom = flares
- bell-bottoms
- bell-bottom, style of pants in which the leg flares out below the knee
- bell-ringer
- someone who rings church bells
- bell-shaped
- having a shape resembling a bell
- Belle
- A female given name, diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle, by folk etymology interpreted as "belle". More common as a middle name than a first name
- Ma Bell
- Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983
- Martin-Bell syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- Mary Bell order
- A court order forbidding publication of the any information that could identify a child involved in legal proceedings
- agogo bell
- A percussion instrument consisting of two or three small conical bells, similar to a cowbell, and typically played by striking them with a drumstick
- alarm bell
- A sudden awareness of danger
I only got a glimpse of him, but alarm bells went off. He wasn't rushing over to give me a pat on the back for stopping to help.
- alarm-bell
- A bell which is rung to indicate a pre-arranged time, especially to mark a desired moment for waking up, performing a specific action etc
- alarm-bell
- A bell rung to signal danger or emergency
- altar bell
- a bell rung at significant times during the Mass
- angelus bell
- a bell rung to show the time when the angelus should be recited
- belle
- An attractive woman
In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
- belled
- Having bells
- belled
- Simple past tense and past participle of bell
- bells
- Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half hour, to mark the passage of time
- bells
- plural form of bell
- diving bell
- An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers
- diving bell spider
- A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air
- diving bell spiders
- plural form of diving bell spider
- diving-bell
- Alternative spelling of diving bell
- dressing-bell
- A bell which is rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner
All turned to with more ardor than skill, and in a very few moments the conglomeration upon the floor had vanished. How it fared with Ruth and Edith when it came time to dress has never been disclosed. However, the room restored to outward order, twelve girls set to work to fashion caps and masks, and, as the last one was completed, the dressing-bell rang and all scattered to prepare for dinner.
- heather-bell
- a species of heather, native to western and central Europe; erica cinerea; bell heather
The Phoenicians slept under their piled grey rocks; the chimneys of the old mines pointed starkly; early moths blurred the heather-bells; cartwheels could be heard grinding on the road beneath; and the suck and sighing of the waves sounded gently, persistently, for ever.
- jingle bell
- An enclosed spherical metal ball containing an unattached clapper with only a small slit opening, for higher pitched ringing
- larum-bell
- An alarm-bell
His larumbell might lowd and wide be hard, / When cause requird, but neuer out of time; / Early and late it rong, at euening and at prime.
- market bell
- A bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin
- passing bell
- A bell rung to announce a death or funeral; death bell, death knell
- ring a bell
- To spark a previously forgotten memory
- ring a bell
- To seem at least vaguely familiar
His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere.
- ring one's bell
- To strike or bump one's own head with a strong blow, especially with concussive force
- ring someone's bell
- To physically traumatize someone with a strong blow, especially a concussive blow to the head
Redman took Kenny Lofton's left shoulder on his jaw and saw every color of the rainbow but teal. That sent me down. I was kinda dizzy, Redman said . . . You take a shot like that, it's going to ring your bell a bit..
- sacring bell
- The bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass
- sacring-bell
- A small bell or set of bells which are rung at the elevation in Mass
- sound as a bell
- In excellent condition
- swimming bell
- The bell-shaped part of a jellyfish (and similar organism) that generates locomotion by pulsating
- unring a bell
- To reverse the irreversible; to perform the impossible
We can't unring any bells here. There's no point in trying to second-guess anyone right now. What's done is done..
- belle
- a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc
- belle
- {n} a handsome, gay, young lady, a fine lady
- ring a bell
- (deyim) [for something] to cause someone to remember something or for it to seem familiar
- ring a familiar bell
- (deyim) [for something] to cause someone to remember something or for it to seem familiar
- tinker bell
- Tinker Bell is a fictional character in J.M. Barrie's play and subsequent novel Peter Pan, and various adaptations of them. She is described as a common fairy who mends pots and kettles, i.e. a tinker, and is often referred to simply as Tink. Though sometimes ill-behaved and vindictive, at other times she is helpful and kind to Peter (for whom she apparently has romantic feelings). The extremes in her personality are explained by the fact that a fairy's size prevents her from holding more than one feeling at a time
- Belle
- diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle, by folk etymology interpreted as "belle"; more common as a middle name than a first name
- Bells
- campanes
- bell pepper
- capsicum
- belle
- A beauty The Belle of the room The most beautiful lady in the room (French) La belle France A common French phrase applied to France, as Merry England is to our own country
- belle
- A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady