bell
A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always…A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
» We were saved by the bell.
Нас врятував дзвоник.
Meaning
14 sensesA percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
Glocke, Glogg
ко́локолkólokol, колоко́льчикkolokólʹčik
дзвінdzvin, дзво́никdzvónyk
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
Fahrradglocke, Fahrradklingel, Glocke
звонокzvonok
The sounding of a bell as a signal.
Glocke, Gong, Klingel
звонzvon, звоно́кzvonók
дзвіно́кdzvinók
the shape of a bell
(UK, informal)A telephone call.
I’ll give you a bell later.
Anruf, Telefonanruf, Telefonat
звоно́кzvonók
дзвіно́кdzvinók
A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
звоно́кzvonók
дзвіно́кdzvinók
The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
ра́струбrástrub
Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
скля́нкаskljánka
(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.
The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
The bell character.
the sound of a bell being struck
Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
The rounded upper part of a jellyfish.
Examples
438 sentencesWe were saved by the bell.
Нас врятував дзвоник. — shanghainese
That doesn't ring a bell.
Нічого не спадає на думку. — deniko
ruМне это ни о чём не говорит. — Wezel
He arrived after the bell rang.
Він прибув після того, як пролунав дзвінок. — oromashka
ruОн прибыл после того, как прозвенел звонок. — AntonKhorev
deEr kam an, nachdem die Glocke geläutet hatte. — Yorwba
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
Задзвенів дзвоник і поїзд почав рухатися. — ChickenKiev
ruЗазвенел колокол, и поезд пришёл в движение. — Wezel
deDie Klingel läutete und der Zug setzte sich in Bewegung. — Tamy
There's the bell.
Дзвінок! — Oheto
ruЗвонок! — marafon
deDa ist die Klingel. — nemoli
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
Inherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *belInherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *bellā, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
From Middle English bellen, from Old English bellan (“to bellow; make a hollow noise; roar; bark; grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to sound; roar; bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound; roar; bark”). Cognate with Scots bell (“to shout; speak loudly”), Dutch bellen (“to ring”), German Low German bellen (“to ring”), German bellen (“to bark”), Swedish böla (“to low; bellow; roar”).
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Forms
plural: bellsSynonyms
19 synonyms- the sound of a bell being struck:toll
- United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922):Alexander BellAlexander Graham Bell
- English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961):Vanessa BellVanessa Stephen
- a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905):Melville BellAlexander Melville Bell
- the shape of a bell:bell shapecampana
- (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.:ship's bell
Word family
176 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- the bell rang
- bell rang
- ring the bell
- ring a bell
- the church bells
- heard the bell
- bells are ringing
- after the bell
- church bells
- hear the bell
- when the bell
- the bell had