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bell, chime, gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | |
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bell | attach a bell to | |
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bell, doorbell, buzzer | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | |
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bell, bell shape, campana | the shape of a bell | |
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Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell | a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) | |
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Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) | |
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bell, ship's bell | [in seafaring] 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. | |
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bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | |
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Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) | |
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bell | the flared opening of a tubular device | |
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bell, toll | the sound of a bell being struck |