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a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
(noun) toll
the sound of a bell being struck
saved by the bell; she heard the distant toll of church bells
(noun) Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
(noun) Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
(noun) Bell, Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
(noun) bell shape, campana
the shape of a bell
(noun) 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.