Nounbell (often a large hanging bell); chime

Nounalarm bell; fire bell · warning; wake-up call

Nounlarge hanging bell

Nounfuneral bell; death knell

Nountemple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell

Nounfire alarm; fire bell

Nounevening bell; curfew

Nounbonshō; Buddhist temple bell

Nountwilight tolling of a bell

Nountime bell · chime of a time bell

Nounalarm bell

Noun(in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) · tenth month of the lunar calendar

Noun(in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)

Noun(in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) · sixth lunar month

Nountemple bell · (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp)

Noun(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) · second lunar month

Noun1st note of the traditional Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D) · eleventh lunar month

Nounships' bell

Nounbianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)

Nounbell or gong used to signal soldiers

Nounelectric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)

Nounbell-ringing (at a temple)

Nounbell rung to announce daybreak; morning bell · something that ushers in a new age

Nouncracked bell

NounKorean bell

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounhour bell

Nounmechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism

Nounevening bell; vespers bell

Nounnight-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nountemple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

Nounfire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near · sound as produced by this alarm

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)two ill-matched things; two poorly balanced things; temple bells to paper lanterns

NounSicilian Vespers (opera by Verdi); Vespri siciliani