| bell | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck. |
| ~ acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound. |
| ~ church bell | a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church).; "church bells were ringing all over town" |
| ~ clapper, tongue | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. |
| ~ cowbell | a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located. |
| ~ death bell, death knell | a bell rung to announce a death. |
| ~ dinner bell | a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served. |
| ~ electric bell | a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current. |
| ~ fire bell | a bell rung to give a fire alarm. |
| ~ liberty bell | the bell of Independence Hall; rung 8 July 1776 to announce the signing of the Declaration of Independence. |
| ~ school bell | a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class. |
| ~ sheep bell | a bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located. |
| ~ shop bell | a bell attached to the door of a small shop; warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop. |
| ~ signaling device | a device used to send signals. |
| ~ cascabel, sleigh bell | a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh. |
| ~ sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes. |
| ~ warning bell, tocsin | a bell used to sound an alarm. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bell, buzzer, doorbell | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. |
| ~ night bell | a doorbell to be used at night. |
| ~ push button, button, push | an electrical switch operated by pressing.; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" |
| n. (event) | 3. bell, toll | the sound of a bell being struck.; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| ~ knell | the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something. |
| ~ angelus, angelus bell | the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited. |
| n. (time) | 4. bell, ship's bell | (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.. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ time unit, unit of time | a unit for measuring time periods. |
| n. (shape) | 5. bell, bell shape, campana | the shape of a bell. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| n. (person) | 6. alexander melville bell, bell, melville bell | a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). |
| ~ phonetician | a specialist in phonetics. |
| n. (person) | 7. bell, vanessa bell, vanessa stephen | English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). |
| ~ bloomsbury group | an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles. |
| ~ painter | an artist who paints. |
| n. (person) | 8. alexander bell, alexander graham bell, bell | United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). |
| ~ artificer, discoverer, inventor | someone who is the first to think of or make something. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. bell, chime, gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. |
| ~ carillon | set of bells hung in a bell tower. |
| ~ handbell | a bell that is held in the hand. |
| ~ percussion instrument, percussive instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. bell | the flared opening of a tubular device. |
| ~ blunderbuss | a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle. |
| ~ funnel | a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ wind instrument, wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| v. (contact) | 11. bell | attach a bell to.; "bell cows" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ring | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. ring | a characteristic sound.; "it has the ring of sincerity" |
| ~ sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause.; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" |
| n. (shape) | 2. anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo, ring | a toroidal shape.; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" |
| ~ fairy circle, fairy ring | a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium. |
| ~ toroid | the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. hoop, ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling.; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" |
| ~ band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body). |
| ~ barrel, cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids. |
| ~ carabiner, karabiner, snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes. |
| ~ collar | a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part. |
| ~ curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain. |
| ~ key ring | a circular ring of metal for holding keys. |
| ~ napkin ring | a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin. |
| ~ nose ring | a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it. |
| ~ rim | the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached. |
| ~ rim | (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended.; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off" |
| ~ tire, tyre | hoop that covers a wheel.; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" |
| ~ towel ring | a circular hoop for holding a towel. |
| ~ wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon. |
| n. (object) | 4. closed chain, ring | (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ chemical chain, chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule). |
| ~ heterocyclic ring, heterocycle | a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon. |
| n. (group) | 5. gang, mob, pack, ring | an association of criminals.; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ nest | a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality.; "a nest of thieves" |
| ~ youth gang | a gang whose members are teenagers. |
| ~ gangdom, gangland, organized crime | underworld organizations. |
| ~ gangster, mobster | a criminal who is a member of gang. |
| n. (event) | 6. ring, ringing, tintinnabulation | the sound of a bell ringing.; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells" |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| ~ bell ringing | the sound of someone playing a set of bells. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. ring | a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle. |
| ~ boxing ring, prize ring | a square ring where boxers fight. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete.; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" |
| ~ platform | a raised horizontal surface.; "the speaker mounted the platform" |
| ~ sumo ring | the circular ring in which Sumo wrestlers compete. |
| ~ wrestling ring | a square ring in which wrestlers compete. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. band, ring | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" |
| ~ annulet | a small ring. |
| ~ engagement ring | a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal. |
| ~ jewellery, jewelry | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems). |
| ~ mourning ring | a ring worn as a memorial to a dead person. |
| ~ ringlet | a small ring. |
| ~ seal ring, signet ring | a ring bearing a signet. |
| ~ wedding band, wedding ring | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. band, ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration). |
| ~ strip, slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. |
| v. (perception) | 10. peal, ring | sound loudly and sonorously.; "the bells rang" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ ding, dingdong, dong | go `ding dong', like a bell. |
| ~ tintinnabulate | ring or sound like a small bell. |
| ~ peal | ring recurrently.; "bells were pealing" |
| ~ knell | ring as in announcing death. |
| v. (perception) | 11. echo, resound, reverberate, ring | ring or echo with sound.; "the hall resounded with laughter" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ consonate | sound in sympathy. |
| ~ reecho | repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back. |
| ~ reecho | echo repeatedly, echo again and again. |
| ~ bong | ring loudly and deeply.; "the big bell bonged" |
| v. (perception) | 12. knell, ring | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification.; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ sound | cause to sound.; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" |
| ~ toll | ring slowly.; "For whom the bell tolls" |
| v. (communication) | 13. call, call up, phone, ring, telephone | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" |
| ~ telephony, telephone | transmitting speech at a distance. |
| ~ cell phone | call up by using a cellular phone.; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you" |
| ~ call in | make a phone call.; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" |
| ~ dial | operate a dial to select a telephone number.; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial" |
| ~ telecommunicate | communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail. |
| ~ call | send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message.; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" |
| v. (contact) | 14. border, environ, ring, skirt, surround | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" |
| ~ gird, girdle | put a girdle on or around.; "gird your loins" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister.; "cloister the garden" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| ~ hem in | surround in a restrictive manner.; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister, as of a garden. |
| v. (contact) | 15. band, ring | attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
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