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TELEPHONE BELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone bell mean?
• TELEPHONE BELL (noun)
The noun TELEPHONE BELL has 1 sense:
1. electric bell that rings to signal a call
Familiarity information: TELEPHONE BELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electric bell that rings to signal a call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("telephone bell" is a kind of...):
electric bell (a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current)
Context examples
. . . Through the hall of the Buchanans' house blew a faint wind, carrying the sound of the telephone bell out to Gatsby and me as we waited at the door.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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