name
Meaning 1
plural of Bell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
bells
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Pronunciation
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/bɛlz/
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Tennessee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A town in Texas.
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noun
Meaning 4
plural of bell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 5
Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of bell-bottoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only
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verb
Meaning 7
third-person singular simple present indicative of bell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lasit — the strokes on ship's bells
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