bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
bell ringing carillon carillon playing | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
currawong bell magpie | bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
alarm warning device alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
bell | the flared opening of a tubular device |
bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
bellbottom trousers bell-bottoms bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
bell cote bell cot | a small shelter for bells, has a gable or shed roof |
bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
bell foundry | a foundry where bells are cast |
bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote |
bell jar bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
bell seat balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
bell tent | a bell-shaped tent |
bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
chime bell gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer, used as an orchestral instrument |
church bell | a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church), church bells were ringing all over town |
death knell death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
dinner bell | a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served |
diving bell | diving apparatus for underwater work, has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air |
doorbell bell buzzer | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed |
early warning radar | a radar that is part of an early warning system |
early warning system | a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them |
electric bell | a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current |
fire bell | a bell rung to give a fire alarm |
Liberty Bell | the bell of Independence Hall, rung July to announce the signing of the Declaration of Independence |
night bell | a doorbell to be used at night |
school bell | a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class |
sheep bell | a bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located |
shop bell | a bell attached to the door of a small shop, warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop |
sleigh bell cascabel | a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh |
telephone bell | electric bell that rings to signal a call |
tocsin warning bell | a bell used to sound an alarm |
wind chime wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
aposematic coloration warning coloration | conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators, a skunk's aposematic coloration |
normal curve bell-shaped curve Gaussian curve Gaussian shape | a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution |
bell book | a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded |
admonition monition warning word of advice | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness), a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality, the warning was to beware of surprises, his final word of advice was not to play with matches |
bell-like call | a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell |
alarm alert warning signal alarum | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
red light warning light | a cautionary sign of danger |
warning | notification of something, usually in advance, they gave little warning of their arrival, she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin |
warning | a message informing of danger, a warning that still more bombs could explode |
strategic warning | (military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act |
tactical warning | (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act |
warning of attack | a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future |
warning of war | a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war |