# bells

Pronunciation: say "BELZ" /bɛlz/

## Noun

1. Plural of bell. — plural of bell
   - Simple: Plural of bell. Use this form when talking about more than one bell.
   - _The cathedral's bells were cast in the fifteenth century and still ring today._
   - _Workers polished the brass bells before the festival began._
2. Short form of bell-bottoms. — Ellipsis of bell-bottoms.
   - Simple: Short form of bell-bottoms. A type of pants that get wider at the bottom of the legs.
   - _She wore a pair of faded bells to the concert._
   - _Those bells flare out so wide they cover his shoes._
3. The strokes struck on a ship's bell every half hour to mark the passage of time on board.
   - Simple: On a ship, the strokes of the bell rung every half hour to mark the time.
   - _At eight bells the morning watch handed over to the next crew._
   - _She woke to the sound of four bells and knew dawn was near._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present of bell. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bell
   - Simple: Third-person singular of bell. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _Every fall the old stag bells across the misty glen._
   - _The herder bells each goat before letting the flock roam._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bells (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).