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bell
noun
- a hollow object, usually cuplike, made of metal or other hard material which rings when struck, as by a clapper inside
- such an object rung to mark the hours or the beginning and end of a period of time
- the sound made by a bell
- anything shaped like a bell, as a flower, the flare of a horn, etc.
- a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned metal bars or hollow tubes that are sounded by striking; specif.,
- glockenspiel
- chimes
- Naut.
- a bell rung every half hour during each of the five four-hour watches and during the four-hour period comprising the two dog watches: the series of rings begins at one bell (12:30, 4:30, and 8:30 o'clock) and ends at eight bells (4:00, 8:00, and 12:00 o'clock)
- any of these half-hour periods
transitive verb
- to attach a bell or bells to
- to shape like a bell
intransitive verb
to flare out like a bell
noun
a bellow; roar
intransitive verb
to utter long, deep sounds, as a hound in pursuit of game; bay; bellow
- Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922; U.S. inventor of the telephone, born in Scotland
- pseudonym for the Brontë sisters
- Bell, Daniel 1919-; U.S. sociologist
See bell in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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