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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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and also of some companies:

and of some notable persons:

See also: Other people named Bell

Example Usage of Bell

KatherineMaslyn: i've been reading "the Bell jar" for the first time; sylvia plath is amazing. ex-boyfriend responds that he likes ted hughes. he would.
marshallgma: News: Taco Bell's Day on the Job - 01.22.2010 (App Due: 11.30.2009) http://bit.ly/A8D4h
BildArchiv: RT @studiosixty: http://twitpic.com/q7lav I'm at the Pizza Hut! I'm at the Taco Bell! I'm at the Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell!
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