SCHOOL BELL Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase school bell. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alarm | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • fear resulting from the awareness of danger • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time verb • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | ||||||
| bell | nounn | |||||
noun • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) • the sound of a bell being struck • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) • (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. • the shape of a bell • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument • the flared opening of a tubular device verb • attach a bell to | ||||||
| buzzer | nounn | |||||
noun • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed • a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound | ||||||
| chime | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument verb • emit a sound | ||||||
| gong | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument verb • sound a gong | ||||||
