bell
noun
[ bɛl ]
• a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside.
• "the church bells tolled"
Similar:
chime,
gong,
alarm,
peal,
knell,
toll,
signal,
warning,
alert,
tocsin,
• a bell-shaped object or part of something.
• a musical instrument consisting of a set of metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer.
• (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times.
• "at five bells in the forenoon of June 11"
bell
verb
• provide with a bell or bells.
• "the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them"
• make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell.
• "the organ was belling away"
• spread outwards like the lip of a bell.
• "her shirt belled out behind"
Origin:
Old English belle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bel, and perhaps to bell2.
bell
noun
• the characteristic cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.
bell
verb
• (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.
Origin:
Old English bellan ‘to bellow’, of Germanic origin; related to German bellen ‘to bark, bray’, and perhaps also to bell1.
