doorbell

noun

door·​bell ˈdȯr-ˌbel 

: a bell or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outer door

Examples of doorbell in a Sentence

We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.

Recent Examples on the Web

In footage provided to PEOPLE by Ring, Kota walks towards the front door and starts jumping up and ringing the doorbell a number of times with what appears to be his nose. —Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 24 June 2025

Video from the home showed Boelter repeatedly ringing the doorbell at 2:24 a.m. —Mara Gottfried, Mercury News, 17 June 2025

Video surveillance showed Boelter ringing the doorbell at 2:24 p.m. local time, still dressed as law enforcement. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025

Boelter then traveled to an unidentified state representative’s home in nearby Maple Grove, Minn., and rang the doorbell, but the representative and her family were away on vacation. —Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 16 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doorbell

• doorbell camera
• video doorbell

Rhymes for doorbell

• barbell
• bedwell
• befell
• bluebell
• bombshell
• bridewell
• capelle
• cartel
• carvel
• clamshell
• cogswell
• compel

Kids Definition

doorbell

noun

door·​bell -ˌbel 

: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door