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[ belz ] / bɛlz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bells ON THESAURUS.COM
noun (used with a plural verb)Informal. bell-bottom (def. 2). Origin of bells1965–70; by shortening of the full phrase, as in shorts from short pants Words nearby bellsbellpull, bell punch, Bell purchase, bell push, bell-ringer, bells, bells and whistles, bell seat, bell-shaped curve, bell sheep, Bell's Law Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bellsAnd the bells chimed for victory at 1211 Avenue of the Americas. Why I’m for the War on Christmas|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST When the ship hit the rocks, the sound of bells ringing and alarms sounding echoed in the theater. The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Buses, vans, and cars sounded their horns, gun salutes rang out, the bells of Westminster Abbey pealed, and everyone cheered. Happy Birthday, Prince George! Will the Wee Royal Be the First King of the 22nd Century?|Emma Woolf|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mountain sheep were everywhere, some sleeping by the road, some foraging, bells ringing from their necks as they moved. Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You could strip away the bells and whistles and it would still be a perfectly excellent Mozart biography. Beguiling Books on Steroids Make Interactive Reading a Pleasure|Malcolm Jones|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST In their incantations they use rattles, and also drums and bells. Musical Myths and Facts, Volume II (of 2)|Carl Engel Meanwhile Jeliaboff had heard the solemn tolling of the bells in his prison cell. The White Terror and The Red|Abraham Cahan It had gone three bells in the first dog watch; we had just finished tea, and gone on deck to smoke our evening pipe. A true cockney is supposed to be one born within hearing of these bells. Milton's England|Lucia Ames Mead The bells of Venice were rejoicing with him, in this his blessed hour. Prisoners|Mary Cholmondeley
Words related to bellsbuzzer, siren, gong, ringer, alarm, buzz, tocsin, ding-dong, peal, toll, carillon, chime, curfew, vesper, clapper, dinger, tintinnabulum |