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bell
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Meanings
noun
  • a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside.
    E.g. the church bells tolled
  • a bell-shaped object or part of something.
  • a musical instrument consisting of a set of metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer.
  • (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times.
    E.g. at five bells in the forenoon of June 11
verb
  • provide with a bell or bells.
    E.g. the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them
  • make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell.
    E.g. the organ was belling away
  • spread outwards like the lip of a bell.
    E.g. her shirt belled out behind
noun
  • the characteristic cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.
verb
  • (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.

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