BELL
\bˈɛl], \bˈɛl], \b_ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of BELL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
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the flared opening of a tubular device
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English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
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(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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the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
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United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
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a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
By Princeton University
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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
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the flared opening of a tubular device
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the sound of a bell; "saved by the bell"
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English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
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(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.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.
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That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
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The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
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To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
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To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
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To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.
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To utter by bellowing.
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To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.
By Oddity Software
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A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.
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That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
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The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
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To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
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To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
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To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.
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To utter by bellowing.
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To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.
By Noah Webster.
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A hollow metallic vessel, usually cup-shaped, and giving forth a clear, ringing sound when struck; anything in the form of a bell, as the corolla of a flower.
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To put a bell on; as, to bell a cat.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A hollow vessel of metal with a tongue or clapper inside, which rings when moved: anything bell-shaped.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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