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1. (noun) bell
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

2. (noun) doorbell, bell, buzzer
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

3. (noun) bell, toll
the sound of a bell being struck
"saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"

4. (noun) bell, ship's 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.

5. (noun) bell, bell shape, campana
the shape of a bell

6. (noun) Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

7. (noun) Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

8. (noun) Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

9. (noun) chime, bell, gong
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

10. (verb) bell
the flared opening of a tubular device

11. (verb) bell
attach a bell to
"bell cows"

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