bell Meaning and Definition

1. n. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

2. n. the flared opening of a tubular device

3. n. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

4. n. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

5. n. the sound of a bell being struck

6. n. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

7. n. English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

8. n. a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

9. n. the shape of a bell

10. n. (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.

11. v. attach a bell to