bells

Speech parts

1. bells - Noun

2. bells - Verb

3. Bells - Proper noun

Meaning

A town in Texas

bells

plural of bell

(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.

Short for bell-bottoms.

bells

third-person singular simple present indicative of bell

Bells

plural of Bell

A city in Tennessee

Bells

plural of Bell

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Thomas Mann

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne

Sundays observe think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music. George Herbert

It is a poor parish where the priest has to ring his own bells. Polish Proverb

Thieves never steal bells. Tibetan Proverb

Great fools must have great bells. Dutch Proverb

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