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Bell - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Alarm, Arrest, Balefire, Battery, Beacon, Bells, Bones, Bong, Buoy, Castanets, Celesta, Check, Checkmate, Chime, Chimes, Cowbell

Bell has a range of meanings:

  • A bell is a simple sound-making device, including Tubular bells and cowbells.
  • On a wind instrument the bell is the round, flared opening at the opposite end from the mouthpiece, where the sound exits and is amplified.
  • Ship's bells mark the time on a ship.
  • The Bel (one 'L') is a measurement of audio level (volume).
  • A diving bell is a hollow, usually inverted vessel, such as one used for diving deep below the surface of a body of water.
  • In botany, the bell is the corolla of a flower: “In a cowslip's bell I lie” (Shakespeare).
  • Bell is also a slang term for the penis.

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See also: Other people named Bell

Example Usage of Bell

FreeListPhilly: TV 27" Zenith Headboard Lamp Free (Blue Bell PA): Sunday November 8th only Free Zenith 27" TV Works, Lamp, Head.. http://bit.ly/43Jdng
CooJohnson1: If ANYONE has ANY seasons of The Wire on DVD hit me up...I'm tryna get down wit Stringer Bell & Barksdale
AlHev: Far more beer than beef. Not well planned. (@ The Bell House in Brooklyn) http://bit.ly/ts2tf
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