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# bell

«bell» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hollow metal thing, often shaped like a cup, that rings…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bell, bells)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bell is a hollow metal thing, often shaped like a cup, that rings when you hit it or shake it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#m1)

2) A bell is also anything that makes a ringing sound to give a signal, like a doorbell, a bike bell or the school bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#m2)

3) The ringing of a bell is also called a bell: wait for the bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#m3)

4) A bell can also be a flower shaped like a bell, such as a bluebell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: rings counted, or the time when a bell rings (the school bell); times between rings make a rate or a pattern; bells counted. In school: the bell rings at the start and end of lessons; a fire alarm bell. In science: a bell vibrates to make sound. Phrases: ring a bell (seem familiar), the school bell, doorbell, bike bell, saved by the bell, church bells.

### examples

- The bell rings every 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x1)
- A clock bell rings 3 times at 3 o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x2)
- There are 6 bells in the tower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x3)
- The bell rang at 8:30 and again 50 minutes later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x4)
- When the bell rings, line up at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x5)
- Ring your bike bell to warn walkers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x6)
- Someone rang the doorbell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x7)
- The name rings a bell, but I cannot remember her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x8)
- The church bells rang for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x9)
- "Cling, clang," tolled the hyacinth bells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/#x10)

### note

Homophone: «belle» (a pretty girl) sounds the same. A time marker or a thing counted; times between rings make a rate. Trap: count the first ring too.

### In the corpora

- [The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/18/)
- [An iron bell-pull hung by the side, and below it, on a small brass plate ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/33/)
- [Get up at once and hang on to that bell-pull».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/37/)
- [The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his buttered toast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/0/)
- [Metals ring when struck because they pass vibrations on well; big bells are usually made of bronze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.