bell

/bel/ noun [C]

Translation

INSTRUMENT › a hollow, metal object, shaped like a cup, that makes a ringing sound when you hit it

çan

the sound of church bells ringing312

DOOR ETC › an electrical object that makes a ringing sound when you press a switch

zil

Please ring the bell for attention.759

give sb a bell UK informal › to telephone someone

telefonla aramak

1219

ring a bell › If a word, especially a name, rings a bell, you think you have heard it before.

çağrıştırmak, anımsa(t)mak, aklına getirmek, hatırla(t)mak

1118

(Definition of bell noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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