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bell - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bell' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bell [ n.]
- 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.
- A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
- Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.
- 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.
- The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
2 . Bell [ v. i.]
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.
- To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.
3 . Bell [ v. t.]
- To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
- To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
- To utter by bellowing.

Meaning of 'bell' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bell [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the sound of a bell being struck
Example in sentence:
  • saved by the bell;
  • she heard the distant toll of church bells
2 . bell [ v]
Meaning (2):
- attach a bell to
Example in sentence:
  • bell cows