n.
1.a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
2.a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
3.the sound of a bell being struck
4.(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell
5.the shape of a bell
6.a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
7.English painter
8.United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
9.a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer 10.the flared opening of a tubular device bell v.
1.attach a bell to
Idiom of the Day
strike up a conversation with (someone)
to start a conversation with someone
I decided not to strike up a conversation with the man at the bus station.
