Definition of "bell"
- noun
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.
The sounding of a bell as a signal.
A telephone call.
A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day.
The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch).
The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
- verb
To attach a bell to.
To shape so that flares out like a bell.
To telephone.
To bellow or roar.
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