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bell

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "bell" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
1syllable

bell

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, bell is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofbell

1noun
  • A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
  • The sounding of a bell as a signal.
  • A telephone call.

    Example: "I’ll give you a bell later."

  • A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
  • The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
  • Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
  • The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
  • A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).
  • Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
  • The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
  • An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.
1verb
  • To attach a bell to.

    Example: "Who will bell the cat?"

  • To shape so that it flares out like a bell.

    Example: "to bell a tube"

  • To telephone.
  • To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.

    Example: "Hops bell."

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