a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
bell push in American English
noun
a button, as on the front door of a house, that rings a bell when pushed
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: impressionism, interface, jackpot, quotation mark, rain check
Examples of 'bell push' in a sentence
bell push
There was a car park here with a solitary car parked in it, right outside a conventional single door with a bell push.