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The correct spelling is bells.
How to pronounce bells
/bɛlz/
nounIPA: /bɛlz/
Say it like: Bel-ls
The correct spelling is bells. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. For example: "I’ll give you a bell later."
Usage Examples
“I’ll give you a bell later.”
“Who will bell the cat?”
“to bell a tube”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- 2.The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- 3.A telephone call.
- 4.A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
- 5.The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
verb
- 1.To attach a bell to.
- 2.To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
- 3.To telephone.
- 4.To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
- 5.To bellow or roar.
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