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How to pronounce bells in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bell shape, campana
Type of curved shape, curve
Type Words
Synonyms toll
Type of sound
Has types angelus bell, angelus, knell


saved by the bell.
she heard the distant toll of church bells.
Type Words
Synonyms buzzer, doorbell
Type of button, push, push button
Has types night bell
Type Words
Synonyms vanessa bell, vanessa stephen
Type Words
Synonyms ship's bell
Type of time unit, unit of time
Type Words
Synonyms alexander melville bell, melville bell
Type Words
Synonyms chime, gong
Type of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
Has types handbell, carillon
Type Words
Synonyms alexander bell, alexander graham bell
Type Words
Type of signaling device, acoustic device
Has types tocsin, fire bell, sleigh bell, electric bell, cascabel, church bell, school bell, cowbell, shop bell, sheep bell, death bell, dinner bell, death knell, warning bell
Type Words
Type of attach


bell cows.
Type Words
Type of opening

Examples of bells

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In New Orleans, the bells will toll at St. Louis Cathedral in honor of the dead.
From the dailyherald.com
This 500k number also rings some bells with Google's bid for the Nortel patents.
From the economist.com
There is no economic Plan B. But Plan A may have gained some whistles and bells.
From the theepochtimes.com
This will cause alarm bells to start ringing even more loudly in Downing Street.
From the guardian.co.uk
Once he was back on terrorism, it took only a few weeks for alarm bells to ring.
From the time.com
The alarm bells at the Emirates were ringing before humiliation at Old Trafford.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It should be, and must, start alarm bells ringing for the companies responsible.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Mirrored red, orange and gold Indian tapestries dripping with flowers and bells.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Cold-tolerant annuals include verbena, cabbage, kale, million bells and pansies.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
  • Attach a bell to; "bell cows"
  • Doorbell: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
  • The sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
  • (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
  • Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Its population was 36,664 in the 2000 census. Bell is located on the west bank of the Los Angeles River and is a suburb of the city of Los Angeles. At 2. ...
  • Bell is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the western limb. It lies in an area of terrain that is marked by many small craters, a number of which are satellite craters of Bell listed in the table below. ...
  • The Bell was a British 3 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent.