1.Definition: (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.

Category: General

2.Definition: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

Category: Objects

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

Related Noun(s):chime, gong

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

Related Noun(s):alexander melville bell, melville bell

Category: People

5.Definition: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

Related Noun(s):buzzer, doorbell

Category: Objects

6.Definition: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

Related Noun(s):vanessa bell, vanessa stephen

Category: People

7.Definition: the flared opening of a tubular device

Category: Objects

8.Definition: the shape of a bell

Related Noun(s):campana

Category: General

9.Definition: the sound of a bell being struck

"Saved by the bell", "She heard the distant toll of church bells"

Related Noun(s):toll

Category: General

10.Definition: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

Related Noun(s):alexander bell, alexander graham bell

Category: People