BELL-BOTTOM Synonyms

• a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

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

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

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

• the sound of a bell being struck

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

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

• the flared opening of a tubular device

• attach a bell to

• a shape that spreads outward

• a sudden burst of flame

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

• a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms

• a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

• an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

• a sudden outburst of emotion

• a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

• a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines

• (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

• burn brightly

• become flared and widen, usually at one end

• shine with a sudden light

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

• proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

• play or blow on the trumpet

• utter in trumpet-like sounds

• a shape that spreads outward

• a sudden burst of flame

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

• a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms

• a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

• an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

• a sudden outburst of emotion

• a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

• a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines

• (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

• burn brightly

• become flared and widen, usually at one end

• shine with a sudden light

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• A large, palatial urban building in Italy.

• (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom