bell

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bell[1,noun] bell[2,verb] bell[3,intransitive verb] bell[4,noun] Bell Bell[1] bell-bottoms bell buoy bell captain bell curve

Main Entry: ¹bell
Pronunciation: 'bel
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar -- more at BELLOW
1 a : a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck b : DOORBELL
2 a : the sounding of a bell as a signal b : a stroke of a bell (as on shipboard) to indicate the time; also : the time so indicated c : a half hour period of a watch on shipboard indicated by the strokes of a bell -- see SHIP's bells table below
3 : something having the form of a bell: as a : the corolla of a flower b : a bell-shaped organ or part (as the umbrella of a jellyfish or the dewlap of a moose) c : the part of the capital of a column between the abacus and neck molding d : the flared end of a wind instrument
4 a : a percussion instrument consisting of metal bars or tubes that when struck give out tones resembling bells -- usually used in plural b : GLOCKENSPIEL
[bell table]