Bell(n.)
- A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
Bell(n.)
- A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
Bell(n.)
- Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.
Bell(n.)
- That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
Bell(n.)
- The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
Bell(v. t.)
- To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
Bell(v. t.)
- To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
Bell(v. i.)
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.