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 →

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 →

3) The ringing of a bell is also called a bell: wait for the bell. tree →

4) A bell can also be a flower shaped like a bell, such as a bluebell. tree →

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 →
• A clock bell rings 3 times at 3 o'clock. tree →
• There are 6 bells in the tower. tree →
• The bell rang at 8:30 and again 50 minutes later. tree →
• When the bell rings, line up at the door. tree →
• Ring your bike bell to warn walkers. tree →
• Someone rang the doorbell. tree →
• The name rings a bell, but I cannot remember her. tree →
• The church bells rang for the wedding. tree →
• "Cling, clang," tolled the hyacinth bells. tree →

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.
• An iron bell-pull hung by the side, and below it, on a small brass plate ...
• Get up at once and hang on to that bell-pull».
• The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his buttered toast.
• Metals ring when struck because they pass vibrations on well; big bells are usually made of bronze.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bell» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.