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bells¹

  • /bɛlz/

Rhymes with -ɛlz, -ɛls

noun

  1. plural plural of bell

noun

  1. plural, plural only Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis, plural, plural only Ellipsis of bell-bottoms And to him, long bell-bottoms were “arrogant.” So, whenever he was home before I left for school, he would make me stand on the top step of the six steps to the bedroom level of our house and he would inspect my bells.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of bell

Bells²

noun

  1. plural plural of Bell

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Bell

Bells³

proper noun

  1. A city in Tennessee.
  2. A town in Texas.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gong, chime, campana, doorbell, buzzer, alexander bell, bell shape, rings, signal, ringing, jingle, christmas, rounds, alarms, beatings, blows

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Chicago

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@misc{bells_2026,
  title = {bells},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bells},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}