1. (

• bell

) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck ;

2. (

• doorbell ,
• bell ,
• buzzer

) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed ;

3. (

• bell ,
• toll

) the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" ;

4. (

• 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. (

• bell ,
• bell_shape ,
• campana

) the shape of a bell ;

6. (

• Bell ,
• Melville_Bell ,
• Alexander_Melville_Bell

) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) ;

7. (

• Bell ,
• Vanessa_Bell ,
• Vanessa_Stephen

) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) ;

8. (

• Bell ,
• Alexander_Bell ,
• Alexander_Graham_Bell

) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) ;

9. (

• 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. (

• bell ,

) the flared opening of a tubular device ;

1. (

• bell

) attach a bell to; "bell cows" ;