1. a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck
2. doorbell
3. the sounding of a bell as a signal
4. a stroke of a bell (as on shipboard) to indicate the time also the time so indicated
5. a half hour period of a watch on shipboard indicated by the strokes of a bell — see Ship's Bells Table below
6. something having the form of a bell: such as
7. the corolla of a flower
8. a bell-shaped organ or part (such as the dewlap of a moose) especially the bell- or saucer-shaped, largely gelatinous structure that forms the main part of the body of most jellyfish umbrella entry 1 sense 3
9. the part of the capital of a column between the abacus and neck molding
10. the flared end of a wind instrument
11. the open mouth of a nozzle (such as of the exhaust of a jet engine)
The heating was so intense … that the gas went rushing out the tail of the engine at 30,000 feet per second, or twice the speed at which exhaust leaves the bell of a conventional engine.
— Jeffrey Kluger
12. a percussion instrument consisting of metal bars or tubes that when struck give out tones resembling bells —usually used in plural
13. glockenspiel
14. to be hit on the head to suffer a concussion
He had his bell rung on a blitz, and a short time later he was taken to Divine Providence Hospital.
— Ralph Wiley
15. to make a telephone call to
Maybe Cowell can give him a bell towards the end of his marathon broadcast—that would certainly wake him up.
— Mark Jefferies
16. to provide with a bell
17. to flare the end of (something, such as a tube) into the shape of a bell
18. to take the form of a bell flare
19. to do a daring or risky deed
20. to make a resonant bellowing or baying sound
the wild buck bells from ferny brake
— Sir Walter Scott
21. bellow, roar
22. Alexander Graham 1847–1922 American (Scottish-born) inventor
23. city in southwestern California southeast of Los Angeles population 35,477
24. a hollow metallic device that is shaped somewhat like a cup and makes a ringing sound when struck
25. doorbell
26. the stroke or sound of a bell that tells the hour
27. the time indicated by the stroke of a bell
28. a half-hour period of watch on shipboard
29. something shaped like a bell
the bell of a trumpet