[bɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a city in south-western California, south-east of Los Angeles; population 36,657 (est. 2008)


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[bɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside
(e.g: the church bells tolled)

- a bell-shaped object or part of something

- a musical instrument consisting of a set of metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer

- (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times
(e.g: at five bells in the forenoon of June 11)


Phrases:
- as clear as a bell
- be saved by the bell
- bell the cat
- bells and whistles
- give someone a bell
- ring a bell
- with bells on

Origin:
Old English belle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bel, and perhaps to bell

[bɛl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provide with a bell or bells
(e.g: the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them)

- make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell
(e.g: the organ was belling away)

- spread outwards like the lip of a bell
(e.g: her shirt belled out behind)


Phrases:
- as clear as a bell
- be saved by the bell
- bell the cat
- bells and whistles
- give someone a bell
- ring a bell
- with bells on

Origin:
Old English belle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bel, and perhaps to bell

[bɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Currer, Ellis, and Acton, the pseudonyms used by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë


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[bɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the characteristic cry of a stag or buck at rutting time


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bellan ‘to bellow’, of Germanic origin; related to German bellen ‘to bark, bray’, and perhaps also to bell

[bɛl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bellan ‘to bellow’, of Germanic origin; related to German bellen ‘to bark, bray’, and perhaps also to bell