bell
n 1: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound
when struck
2: a push button at an outer door [syn: {doorbell}, {buzzer}]
3: the sound of a bell: "saved by the bell"
4: (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.
[syn: {ship's bell}]
5: the shape of a bell [syn: {bell shape}, {campana}]
6: (1847-1922) American inventor of the telephone [syn: {Bell},
{Alexander Bell}, {Alexander Graham Bell}]
7: a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes
of different lengths that are struck with a hammer [syn: {chime},
{gong}]
8: the flared opening of a tubular device
v : attach a bell to; "bell cows"