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English noun: bell | |||
| 1. | bell (artifact) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acoustic device, signaling device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cascabel, church bell, cowbell, death bell, death knell, dinner bell, electric bell, fire bell, school bell, sheep bell, shop bell, sleigh bell, tocsin, warning bell | ||
| Instance hyponym | Liberty Bell | ||
| Part holonym | clapper, sound bow, tongue | ||
| 2. | bell (artifact) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | ||
| Synonyms | buzzer, doorbell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | button, push, push button | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | night bell | ||
| 3. | bell (event) the sound of a bell being struck | ||
| Samples | Saved by the bell. She heard the distant toll of church bells. | ||
| Synonyms | toll | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | angelus, angelus bell, knell | ||
| 4. | bell (time) (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. | ||
| Synonyms | ship's bell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time unit, unit of time | ||
| Domain category | navigation, sailing, seafaring | ||
| 5. | bell (shape) the shape of a bell | ||
| Synonyms | bell shape, campana | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curve, curved shape | ||
| 6. | Bell (person) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) | ||
| Synonyms | Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell | ||
| Instance hypernym | phonetician | ||
| 7. | Bell (person) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) | ||
| Synonyms | Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | ||
| Instance hypernym | painter | ||
| Member meronym | Bloomsbury Group | ||
| 8. | Bell (person) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) | ||
| Synonyms | Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell | ||
| Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor | ||
| 9. | bell (artifact) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | ||
| Synonyms | chime, gong | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percussion instrument, percussive instrument | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carillon, handbell | ||
| 10. | bell (artifact) the flared opening of a tubular device | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opening | ||
| Part meronym | blunderbuss, funnel, wind, wind instrument | ||
English verb: bell | |||
| 1. | bell (contact) attach a bell to | ||
| Samples | Bell cows. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
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