Definizione monolingua

bell

bell (third-person singular simple present bells, present participle belling, simple past and past participle belled)

1. (transitive) To attach a bell to.

   Who will bell the cat?

2. To shape so that flares out like a bell.
3. (slang, transitive) To telephone.
   • 2006, Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok

     ""Vinny, you tosser, its Keith. I thought you were back today. Im in town. Bell us on the mobile.

bell (plural bells)

1. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
   • 1848, Edgar Allan Poe, ""The Bells""

     HEAR the sledges with the bells —

     Silver bells!

     What a world of merriment their melody foretells!

2. The sounding of a bell as a signal.
   • 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, BBC Sport:

     Referee Steve Smoger was an almost invisible presence in the ring as both men went at it, although he did have a word with Froch when he landed with a shot after the bell at the end of the eighth.

3. (chiefly UK, informal) A telephone call.

   I’ll give you a bell later.

4. A signal at a school that tells the students when its time to change classes during the day.
5. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
6. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

bell m. (feminine bella, masculine plural bells, feminine plural belles)

1. beautiful

Definizione dizionario bell

	campana
	percussive instrument
	Un oggetto metallico o fatto da un'altro materiale duro, in genere, ma non sempre, con la figura di una tazza rovesciata con l'orlo svasato, che risuona all'essere colpita.
	An object made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

	campanella
	signal at a school

	campanello
	Pulsante di una porta esterna che produce un segnale sonoro una volta spinto.
	A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.

	chiamata
	informal: telephone call

	rintocco
	Il suono di una campana quando viene colpita.
	The sound of a bell being struck.

	telefonata
	informal: telephone call

bell

campanario

squillo

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To bellow or roar.

bell (often a large hanging bell)

(slang, transitive) To telephone.

The sounding of a bell as a signal.

to attach a bell to

(nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

bell (i.e. of a trumpet)

bell (used for summoning or signalling)

(chiefly UK, informal) A telephone call.

A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day.

(music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.

the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument

The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.

bell (often globular)

To shape so that flares out like a bell.

to bellow

(transitive) To attach a bell to.