BELL Synonyms

• a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• sound a gong

• a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges

• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

• the sound of a bell being struck

• ring slowly

• charge a fee for using

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• make a loud noise

• the noise made by a bell

• the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

• ring as in announcing death

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

• ring recurrently

• sound loudly and sonorously

• a characteristic sound

• a toroidal shape

• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

• an association of criminals

• the sound of a bell ringing

• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• sound loudly and sonorously

• ring or echo with sound

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

• the shape of a bell

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

• United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

• a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

• the shape of a bell

• a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

• (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.

• English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

• English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)