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

Synonym(s): bell

Hypernym(s): acoustic_device, signaling_device

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

Synonym(s): doorbell, bell, buzzer

Hypernym(s): push_button, push, button

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

Synonym(s): bell, toll

Hypernym(s): sound

· (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.

Synonym(s): bell, ship%27s_bell

Hypernym(s): time_unit, unit_of_time

· the shape of a bell

Synonym(s): bell, bell_shape, campana

Hypernym(s): curve, curved_shape

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

Synonym(s): Melville_Bell, Alexander_Melville_Bell

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

Synonym(s): Vanessa_Bell, Vanessa_Stephen

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

Synonym(s): Alexander_Bell, Alexander_Graham_Bell

· a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

Synonym(s): chime, bell, gong

Hypernym(s): percussion_instrument, percussive_instrument

· the flared opening of a tubular device

Synonym(s): bell

Hypernym(s): opening

· attach a bell to; "bell cows"

Synonym(s): bell

Hypernym(s): attach