Bell (n.) 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. |
Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. |
Bell (n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. |
Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding |
Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time |
Bell (v. t.) To put a bell upon |
Bell (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed |
Bell (v. i.) To develop bells or corollas |
Bell (v. t.) To utter by bellowing. |
Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time |
Bell animalcule () An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds. |
Bell bearer () A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. |
Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. |
Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex |
Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth |
Bell pepper () A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens. |
Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell |
Bird cage (n.) Alt. of Birdcage |
Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. |
Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactors |
Cage (n.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it |
Cage (n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. |
Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. |
Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator |
Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. |
Cage (n.) The catcher's wire mask. |
Cage (v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage |
Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle |
Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of Sancte bell |
Sancte bell (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus. |
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 |
batting cage cage | a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice |
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 |
cage coop | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept |
cage | the net that is the goal in ice hockey |
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 |
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 |
squirrel cage | cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it |
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 |
rib cage | the bony enclosing wall of the chest |
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 |
bell-like call | a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell |
electioneering bell ringing canvassing | persuasion of voters in a political campaign |
tocsin alarm bell | the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) |
bell buoy gong buoy | a buoy with a bell on it |
bell toll | the sound of a bell being struck, saved by the bell, she heard the distant toll of church bells |
angelus bell angelus | the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited |
bell ringing | the sound of someone playing a set of bells |
bell pepper | large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties |
bell apple sweet cup water lemon yellow granadilla | the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle |