a hollow metallic device, either cup-shaped with a flaring mouth or saucer-shaped, that vibrates and makes a ringing sound when struck
the sound of a bell as a signal; e.g. to mark the end of a round in boxing, wrestling, etc
a half-hour subdivision of a watch on a ship, indicated by the strokes of a bell
something with the shape of a bell, e.g. the corolla (petals) of any of various flowers corolla of a flower or the flared end of a wind instrument
bells and whistles
attractive additional features
be saved by the bell
to escape a dangerous or unpleasant predicament by a timely intervention at the last moment
[an image from boxing, in which a contestant is saved from being counted out if the bell marking the end of the round intervenes before the count is finished.]give somebody a bell
Brit to telephone somebody
knock/beat/kick etc five/six/ etc bells out of
informal to beat or strike (somebody or something) hard and repeatedly
[Old English belle; related to Old English bellan bell3]