Bell

Noun

 * 1) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
 * 2) The sounding of a bell as a signal.
 * 3)  A telephone call.
 * 4) A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day.
 * 5)  The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
 * 6)  Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

Derived terms

 * bell, book and candle
 * bell curve
 * bellbottoms
 * bellflower
 * bell-ringer
 * bell tower


 * bells and whistles‎
 * bicycle bell
 * bluebell
 * church bell
 * doorbell


 * handbell
 * ring someone's bell
 * saved by the bell
 * sound as a bell
 * with bells on

Verb

 * 1)  To attach a bell to.
 * 2) To shape so that flares out like a bell.
 * 3)  To telephone.

Verb

 * 1)  To bellow or roar.