doorbell

Speech parts

1. doorbell - Noun

2. doorbell - Verb

Meaning

a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bell buzzer gong carillon clapper call buzz tocsin campana bluebell carry bring ring door triangle

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Antonyms

quiet calm dull absolute silence complete silence

Hypernyms

push button push button

Hyponyms

night bell

Anagrams

bordello

Examples

Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman. Winston Churchill

No, you don't need to help me. But if you don't, there's nothing stopping me from calling you up again and again, now that I know you can't kill me. Think of it as me leaning against your Heavenly doorbell... forever. Cassandra Clare

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone. Douglas Adams

You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell. Tina Turner

When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news. Anthony Horowitz

[After the doorbell rings, right before Secretariat appears]. Craig Ferguson

Close letter words and terms

door-to-door salesman door-to-door salesperson door-to-door selling doorbuster doorbusting doorcase