bell
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/bɛl/
English
Definitions
noun
- A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- A telephone call.“I’ll give you a bell later.”
- A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
verb
- To attach a bell to.“Who will bell the cat?”
- To shape so that it flares out like a bell.“to bell a tube”
- To telephone.
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.“Hops bell.”
noun
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
verb
- To bellow or roar.
- To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
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