bells

See also: Bells

English

A set of Chinese bells.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlz

Noun

bells

1. plural of bell

Derived terms

• Bowbells
• early bells
• peal of bells
• ring of bells

Noun

bells pl (plural only)

1. (nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
2. Short for bell-bottoms.
   • 2020, Erica Heller, One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us:

     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.

Translations

the strokes on ship's bells

• Finnish: lasit (fi)

Verb

bells

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bell

Catalan

Adjective

bells

1. masculine plural of bell