A hard alloy of about four parts of copper to one of tin, used for making bells.

The bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass.

(US, telecommunications, informal) Any of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the 1980s as part of an antitrust agreement.

(simile) Totally clear; distinct and unmistakeable, as a bell's tone is clearly heard.

Expanding at the mouth.

Having the striking surface convex; said of hammers.

plural of bell animalcule

(zoology) A protozoan of the family Vorticellidae, common in freshwater ponds.

Synonym of passing bell

(dated) Synonym of bellhop