doorbell
(dɔːʳbel )
Word forms: doorbells
countable noun B2
A doorbell is a bell on the outside of a house which you can ring so that the people inside know that you want to see them.
It takes less time to ring the doorbell than text a message.
Image of doorbell
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Collocations:
doorbell rings hear the doorbell
Then the doorbell rang and he answered the door.
The Sun (2015)
It was deep into their daughter's third birthday party when the doorbell rang.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When the front doorbell rang twenty minutes later it broke Liz's hard-won serenity jarringly.
DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2003)
Suddenly I could hear the doorbell.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Another athlete had a missed test after not hearing the doorbell one morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The runner submitted video evidence and unsuccessfully tried to show that it was difficult to hear the doorbell from his bedroom.
The Sun (2015)
It was only by chance that I heard the doorbell.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Translations:
Chinese: 门铃
Japanese: 玄関の呼び鈴
- strategic ally
- strategically
- strategically important
- strategic alternative
- strategic approach
- strategic assessment
- strategic asset
- strategic blunder
- strategic bomber
- strategic capability
- strategic choice
- strategic communication
- strategic consultant
- strategic decision
- strategic defence
- strategic depth
- strategic development
- strategic dialogue
- strategic direction
- strategic error
- strategic focus
- strategic framework
- strategic goal
- strategic guidance
- strategic imperative