Definitions For Bell

noun

• A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
• The flared opening of a tubular device
• A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
• A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
• The sound of a bell being struck
• 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.m. or p.m.

verb

• Attach a bell to