Bell definition | Dictionary.com

Synonyms

Nearby Entries

Bell - 24 dictionary results

Solid Brass Bells
Large selection of high quality bells. Engravable. Great value.

www.brassbell.com

Bell
Find Bell at Target. Shop and Save at Target.com.

www.Target.com

notebook akció
Packard Bell 17" EASYNOTE SL51-B-00 PClandnál ma csak 274000.-Ft

www.pcland.hu

bell

1 [bel]

Use Bell in a Sentence

–noun

1.	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.

2.	the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell.

3.	anything in the form of a bell.

4.	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.

5.	Architecture. the underlying part of a foliated capital.

Nautical.

a.	any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship.

b.	each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time: It is now four bells.

c.	a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer.

7.	Zoology. umbrella (def. 2).

8.	Botany. the bell-shaped corolla of a flower.

9.	Metallurgy. a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge.

–verb (used with object)

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

11.	to put a bell on.

–verb (used without object)

12.	to take or have the form of a bell.

13.	Botany. to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming).

—Idioms

14.	bell the cat. cat ¹ (def. 15).

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.

16.	ring the bell, to provide what is desired; be satisfactory or successful: This new book rings the bell with teenagers.

17.

saved by the bell,

a.	(of a boxer) saved from a knockout by the ringing of a gong signaling the end of a round.

b.	(of any person) spared from anticipated trouble by some extraneous event.

18.	with bells on, Informal. eagerly; ready to enjoy oneself: Just say when, and we'll be there with bells on.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE belle; c. D bel; deriv. of bell ²

Related forms:

bell-less, adjective

Solid Brass Bells
Large selection of high quality bells. Engravable. Great value.

www.brassbell.com

bell

2 [bel]

–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

1.	to bellow like a stag in rutting time.

2.	to bay, as a hunting dog.

–noun

3.	the cry of a rutting stag or hunting dog.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME bellen, OE bellan to roar; c. OHG bellan (G bellen to bark), MD bellen, belen, ON belja; akin to Lith bal̃sas voice, Skt bhaṣ- bark, bhāṣ- speak. See bellow, belch

Bell

[bel]

–noun

1.	Ac⋅ton [ak-tuhn] Show IPA , pen name of Anne Brontë.

2.	Alexander Graham, 1847–1922, U.S. scientist, born in Scotland: inventor of the telephone.

3.	(Arthur) Clive (Howard), 1881–1964, English critic of literature and art.

4.	Cur⋅rer [kur-er] Show IPA , pen name of Charlotte Brontë.

5.	Ellis, pen name of Emily Brontë.

6.	James Thomas (“Cool Papa”), 1903–91, U.S. baseball player, a Negro Leagues outfielder noted for his speed.

7.	John, 1797–1869, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1834–35.

8.	a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 25,450.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source

Link To Bell

bell¹ (běl)

A hollow metal musical instrument, usually cup-shaped with a flared opening, that emits a metallic tone when struck.
Something resembling such an instrument in shape or sound, as:
1. The round, flared opening of a wind instrument at the opposite end from the mouthpiece.
2. bells A percussion instrument consisting of metal tubes or bars that emit tones when struck.
3. A hollow, usually inverted vessel, such as one used for diving deep below the surface of a body of water.
4. The corolla of a flower: "In a cowslip's bell I lie" (Shakespeare).
5. A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.
6. The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.
Nautical
1. A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.
2. The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.

v. belled, bell·ing, bells

v. tr.

To put a bell on.
To cause to flare like a bell.

v. intr.
To assume the form of a bell; flare.

[Middle English belle, from Old English.]

bell² (běl)

n. The bellowing or baying cry of certain animals, such as a deer in rut or a beagle on the hunt.
intr.v. belled, bell·ing, bells
To utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow.

[From Middle English bellen, to bellow, from Old English bellan.]

Bell (běl)

A city of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 37,300.

Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922.

(click for larger image in new window)
Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone. The first demonstration of electrical transmission of speech by his apparatus took place in 1876. Bell also invented the audiometer, an early hearing aid, and improved the phonograph.

Bell, (Arthur)
British critic who proposed his aesthetic theory of significant form in Art (1914).

Bell, James Thomas Known as "Cool Papa." 1903-1991.
American baseball player who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues (1922-1950). Considered by many to be the fastest base runner ever, he reportedly stole 175 bases in 200 games in 1933.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Bell

Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.]

1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.

Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin.

The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof."

2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.

3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.

4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.

Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.

To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller.

To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell.

To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares.

To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "In single fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.

To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.

Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining.

Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee.

Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells.

Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells.

Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below.

Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells.

Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are founded or cast.

Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells.

Bell glass. See Bell jar.

Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.

Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun.

Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used.

Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment.

Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell.

Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.

Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.

Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.

Bell

Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belling.] To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.

2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

Bell

Bell\, v. i. To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.

Bell

Bell\, v. t. [AS. bellan. See Bellow.] To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]

Bell

Bell\, v. i. To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.

As loud as belleth wind in hell. --Chaucer.

The wild buck bells from ferny brake. --Sir W. Scott.

Language Translation for : Bell

Spanish: campana,

German: die Glocke,

Japanese: 鐘

More Translations »

bell

O.E. belle, common North Sea Gmc. (cf. M.Du. belle, M.L.G. belle) but not found elsewhere in Gmc. (except as a borrowing), from PIE base *bhel- "to sound, roar." Bellhop is a 1910 shortening of bellhopper (1900), from the notion of hopping to action at the ring of the bell. Bell-boy was originally (1851) a ship's bell-ringer, later (1861) a hotel page. Bell-wether (c.1440; see wether) was "the leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung;" used earlier in the fig. sense of "chief, leader" (c.1430). Bell-bottomed trousers first recorded 1891. Bell, book, and candle is a reference to a form of excommunication. To ring a bell "awaken a memory," 1934, is perhaps a reference to Pavlovian experiments.

Bell

The ring that marks the open and close of each trading day on many organized financial exchanges, most notably the NYSE.

Investopedia Commentary

The bell usually starts ringing when there are five to ten seconds left in the trading day.

See also: Close, Floor Trader, Member Firm, NYSE, Open

bell

The device that sounds to mark the open and close of each trading day on an organized securities exchange.

Bell (běl), Sir Charles. 1774-1842.

British anatomist and surgeon who published detailed anatomies of the nervous system and the brain. He was the first to distinguish between sensory and motor nerves. Bell's Law and Bell's palsy are named for him.

Bell (běl) Pronunciation Key
Scottish-born American scientist and inventor whose lifelong interest in the education of deaf people led him to conceive the idea of transmitting speech by electric waves. In 1876 his experiments with a telegraph resulted in his invention of the telephone. He later produced the first successful sound recorder, an early hearing aid, and many other devices.

BELL
An early system on the IBM 650 and Datatron 200 series.
Versions: BELL L2, BELL L3.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
[Is Datatron version the same?]
(1994-12-06)

Bell company
Bell Telephone or Bell Laboratories.
(1997-04-07)

bell character
ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbyists.
Compare feep, visible bell.
(1997-04-08)

Bell

The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod (Ex. 28:33, 34, 35). The "bells of the horses" mentioned by Zechariah (14:20) were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and tumult.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cite This Source

bell

In addition to the idiom beginning with bell, also see clear as a bell; ring a bell; saved by the bell; sound as a bell; with bells on.

Search another word or see Bell on Thesaurus | Reference

Bell
Find Bell at Target. Shop and Save at Target.com.

www.Target.com

notebook akció
Packard Bell 17" EASYNOTE SL51-B-00 PClandnál ma csak 274000.-Ft

www.pcland.hu

Bell Definition
Find Definitions For Any Word.Get Your Free Dictionary.com Toolbar.

Dictionary.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Advertise with Us · Link to Us · NASCAR® · Contact Us