noun
    
    plural bells
    
    [count] a hollow usually cup-shaped metal object that makes a ringing sound when it is hit
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    an electronic device that makes a ringing sound
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    something (such as a flower) that is shaped like a bell
    
    (as) clear as a bell
    
    
    
    (as) sound as a bell
    
    
    
    give (someone) a bell
    
    Brit informal :to call someone on the telephone
    
    
    
    have/get your bell rung
    
    In informal U.S. and Canadian English, if you have/get your bell rung, you get hit hard on the head.
    
    
    
    ring a bell