bell

[bel]

a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
[同] doorbell , bell , buzzer
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
[同] gong , bell , chime
the sound of a bell being struck
[同] bell , toll
[例]
saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells
(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.
[同] bell , ship's bell
the shape of a bell
[同] bell , bell shape , campana
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
[同] alexander melville bell , bell , melville bell
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
[同] bell , vanessa bell , vanessa stephen
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
[同] alexander bell , alexander graham bell , bell
the flared opening of a tubular device
attach a bell to
[例]
bell cows