bell


Meanings

  • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
  • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
  • the sound of a bell being struck;
    • "saved by the bell"
    • "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
  • (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 shape of a bell
  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
  • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
  • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
  • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • the flared opening of a tubular device
  • attach a bell to;
    • "bell cows"
  • BELL v -ED, -ING, -S to provide with a bell (a ringing device)


Scrabble Score: 6

bell is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

bell is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

bell is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 9

bell is a valid Words With Friends word