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Meaning of bells
noun
- 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.
- The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- A telephone call. Example: I’ll give you a bell later.
- A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
- The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
verb
- To attach a bell to. Example: Who will bell the cat?
- To shape so that it flares out like a bell. Example: to bell a tube
- To telephone.
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom. Example: Hops bell.
noun
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
verb
- To bellow or roar.
- To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
noun
- Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half hour, to mark the passage of time.
- Short for bell-bottoms.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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