Synonym: Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Melville Bell, Bell, Melville Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen, bell shape, buzzer, campana, chime, doorbell, gong, ship's bell, toll. Similar words: belt, label, rebel, below, be left, believe, belong to, believe in. Meaning: [bel] 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; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. 5. the shape of a bell 6. a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) 7. English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) 8. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) 9. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument 10. the flared opening of a tubular device. v. attach a bell to.
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241. Would she ring the warning bell that cushioned the little fellow from the worst of it?
242. Also dispensed with was the sounding of the great bell after the victims had reached Tyburn and had been hanged.
243. Then he ran up the rope of the alarm bell.
244. The building is surrounded by walls and the visitor enters through the great bell tower gateway.
245. First sight of the bailiff's officer the alarm bell would ring out the strikers' angelus.
246. Six foot high and floodlit, they winked[sentencedict .com], mewed and yapped when the door bell was rung.
247. A ship that loses energy, a diving bell that gains it.
248. The class had barely started when the fire bell rang.
249. Pimiento: Looks like a regular red bell pepper, but with a pointed base.
250. She was just about to make some coffee, when the front door bell rang.
251. A sandwich of grilled chicken, red bell peppers and melted white cheddar on baguette is gilded with a garlic aioli.
252. He adds the rest of the bell peppers and the jalapenos.
253. There was a count of three, then the same bark again, like a bell tolling.
254. Thursday became the first regional Bell telephone company to seek federal approval to offer long-distance service to its local customers in Michigan.
255. I rang the bell again, heard steps, and then the door was opened by Mrs Ahronson!
256. And that is where we stayed together, until we heard the Compline bell.
257. If the door bell goes, do you shuffle heavily along to answer it?
258. A loud alarm bell rang out soundly and he awoke from a trance.
259. The thing that interested him most, however, was the rope of the great alarm bell on the roof.
260. No plea was taken from Mr. Bell in respect of the alleged offence of drunk and disorderly behaviour.
261. Our performance appraisal policy is clear: employee ratings have to conform to a normal bell curve.
262. George Bell, retired, fatigued, soon to die, attended the conference against the advice of his doctor.
263. If not, maybe you could give Diana Russell a bell?
264. The east end is apsidal with three polygonal apses and there is a later bell tower at the south side.
265. During a rite of exorcism, the officiating priest carries a small bell.
266. He cast a bell for the newly rebuilt abbey church.
267. It is a signal, like a loud bell, and investors start buying.