What is the meaning of the word "bell"?
Definitions:
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(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell
noun
- eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
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the sound of a bell being struck noun
- saved by the bell
- saved by the bell
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to attach a bell to verb
- They belled the cows to keep track of them.
- They belled the cows to keep track of them.
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NearBy Words:
- bell-bottom
- bell-bottomed
- bell-bottoms
- bell-shaped
- belladonna
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- belles-lettres
- belletristic
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- bellow
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- belly
- belly-flop
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- belly-up
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- bellyband
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- bellyful
- bellying
- bellylaugh
- bellyless