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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship''s bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o''clock, either a.m. or p.m. the shape of a bell a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" the flared opening of a tubular device attach a bell to; "bell cows" a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer |
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