bells
Definitions
Noun
- A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- The sound of a bell being struck
- (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- The shape of a bell
- A phonetician and father of alexander graham bell (1819-1905)
- English painter; sister of virginia woolf; prominent member of the bloomsbury group (1879-1961)
- United states inventor (born in scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
- A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- The flared opening of a tubular device
Verb
- Attach a bell to
Fragment
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "bells".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "bells".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bills | 1 | 47 |
| 2 | balls | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | bill's | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | bales | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | bowls | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | boils | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | bulls | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | ball's | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | belles | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | eyeballs | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | abeles | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | abels | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | ables | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | bahls | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | bailes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | bails | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | balles | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | balz | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | bawls | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | bayles | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | beales | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | beals | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | bell's | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | bells' | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | bels | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | belz | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | berle's | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | berles | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | berles' | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | berls | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | biles | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | billes | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | bills' | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | boals | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | boles | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | bolles | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | bolls | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | bolz | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | bowles | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | boyles | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | boylls | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | bull's | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | bulls' | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | byles | 1 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "bells".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "bells" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "bells" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "bells" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 9
Sound Alikes: 44
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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