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Bell

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Noun

a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
the stroke or sound of such an instrument
We rose at the bell.
anything in the form of a bell.
the large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical wind instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged.
Architecture . the underlying part of a foliated capital.
Nautical .
any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship.
each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time
It is now four bells.
a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer.
Zoology . umbrella ( def. 2 ) .
Botany . the bell-shaped corolla of a flower.
Metallurgy . a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge.

Verb (used with object)

to cause to swell or expand like a bell (often fol. by out )
Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air.
to put a bell on.

Verb (used without object)

to take or have the form of a bell.
Botany . to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming). ?

Idioms

bell the cat. cat 1 ( def. 15 ) .
ring a bell, to evoke a memory
esp. a vague or partial recollection; remind one of something
His name rings a bell but I can't remember him.
ring the bell
to provide what is desired; be satisfactory or successful
This new book rings the bell with teenagers.
saved by the bell
(of a boxer) saved from a knockout by the ringing of a gong signaling the end of a round.
(of any person) spared from anticipated trouble by some extraneous event.
with bells on
Informal . eagerly; ready to enjoy oneself
Just say when, and we'll be there with bells on.

Synonyms

noun
alarm , buzz , buzzer , carillon , chime , clapper , curfew , ding-dong , dinger , gong , peal , ringer , siren , tintinnabulum , tocsin , toll , vesper , angelus , beautiful , belfry , bellow , blossom , call , campana , campanile , campanology , church bell , corolla , cow , flare , knell , ring , roar , school bell , swell , tintinnabulation , tolling

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