NOUN | artifact | bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
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artifact | bell, doorbell, buzzer | a push button at an outer door / door / door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | |
event | bell, toll | the sound of a bell being struck | |
time | bell, ship's bell | (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell | |
shape | bell, bell shape, campana | the shape of a bell | |
person | Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell | a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) | |
person | Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | English painter | |
person | Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone / telephone (1847-1922) | |
artifact | bell, chime, gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer | |
artifact | bell | the flared opening of a tubular device | |
VERB | contact | bell | attach a bell to |
Sounds | beh'l | |
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Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... |
Meaning | A push button at an outer door / door / door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. | |
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Synonyms | doorbell, buzzer | |
Narrower | night bell | A doorbell to be used at night |
Broader | push button, push, button | An electrical switch operated by pressing |
Spanish | timbre | |
Catalan | timbre |
Meaning | The sound of a bell being struck. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | toll | |
Narrower | angelus bell, angelus | The sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited |
knell | The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something | |
Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
Spanish | campana | |
Catalan | campana | |
Verbs | bell | attach a bell to |
Meaning | (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.. | |
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Synonym | ship's bell | |
Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing | The work of a sailor / sailor |
Broader | time unit, unit of time | A unit for measuring time periods |
Spanish | campana de barco | |
Catalan | campana de vaixell |
Meaning | The shape of a bell. | |
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Synonyms | bell shape, campana | |
Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
Spanish | campana, forma de campana | |
Catalan | campana, forma de campana |
Meaning | A phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). | |
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Synonyms | Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell | |
Instance of | phonetician | A specialist in phonetics |
Spanish | Alexander Melville Bell, Bell, Melville Bell | |
Catalan | Bell |
Meaning | English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). | |
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Synonyms | Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | |
Instance of | painter | An artist who paints / paints |
Member of | Bloomsbury Group | An inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles |
Spanish | Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | |
Catalan | Vanessa Bell |
Meaning | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone / telephone (1847-1922). | |
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Synonyms | Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | |
Instance of | inventor, discoverer, artificer | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
Spanish | Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | |
Catalan | Alexander Graham Bell |
Meaning | A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. | |
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Synonyms | chime, gong | |
Narrower | carillon | Set of bells hung in a bell tower |
handbell | A bell that is held in the hand | |
Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
Spanish | campanas tubulares, carillón, gong | |
Catalan | carilló, gong |
Meaning | The flared opening of a tubular device. | |
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Part of | blunderbuss | A short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle |
funnel | A conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end | |
wind instrument, wind | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath | |
Broader | opening | A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made |
Spanish | campana | |
Catalan | campana |
Meaning | attach a bell to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "bell cows" | |
Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
Nouns | bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
bell | the sound of a bell being struck |
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