1. • noun - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
   • noun - a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
   • noun - the sound of a bell being struck
   • noun - (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell
   • noun - the shape of a bell
   • noun - a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
   • noun - English painter
   • noun - United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
   • noun - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer
   • noun - the flared opening of a tubular device
   • verb - attach a bell to
2. • A hollow metal instrument, usually cup-shaped with a flared opening, that emits a metallic tone when struck.
   • The round, flared mouth of a wind instrument.
   • A hollow, usually inverted vessel, such as one used for diving deep below the surface of a body of water.
   • The corolla of a flower: “In a cowslip’s bell I lie” (Shakespeare).
   • Nautical.
   • A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.
   • The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.
   • To put a bell on.
   • To assume the form of a bell; flare.
   • The bellowing or baying cry of certain animals, such as a deer in rut or a beagle on the hunt.
3. • v - to provide with a bell (a ringing device)

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