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   bell

   /bɛl/

   noun

   • 1. a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside: "the church bells tolled"
   • ▪ a device that includes or sounds like a bell, used to give a signal or warning: "a bicycle bell"
   • ▪ (in boxing and other sports) a bell rung to mark the start or end of a round: "they were dragged off each other at the final bell"
   • 2. a bell-shaped object or part of something.
   • ▪ the end of a trumpet or other brass instrument: "the acoustic properties of a trumpet's bell"
   • ▪ the corolla of a bell-shaped flower: "a flower with small pale blue bells"
   • ▪ the umbrella of a jellyfish: "the tiny jellyfish has a bell measuring five to ten millimetres wide"
   • 3. a musical instrument consisting of a set of metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer.
   • 4. (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times: "at five bells in the forenoon of June 11"

   verb

   • 1. provide with a bell or bells: "the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them"
   • 2. make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell: "the organ was belling away"
   • ▪ phone (someone): informal British "no problem, I'll bell her tomorrow"
   • 3. spread outwards like the lip of a bell: "her shirt belled out behind"

   Word Origin Old Englishbelle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bel, and perhaps to bell2.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

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