Bell vs Belt - What's the difference?
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A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
* 1848 , Edgar Allan Poe, "(The Bells)"
The sounding of a bell as a signal.
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(chiefly, British, informal) A telephone call.
A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
(music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
(nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
(computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).
Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
* Shakespeare
(architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
To attach a bell to.
To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
(slang) To telephone.
* 2006 , Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok
To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
To bellow or roar.
* 1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature :
* (rfdate) Rudyard Kipling
* 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, page 128:
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
A quick drink of liquor.
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt'', ''Bible Belt'', ''Black Belt'', ''Green Belt ).
(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
To encircle.
To fasten a belt.
To hit with a belt.
and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
To drink quickly, often in gulps.
(slang) To hit someone or something.
(baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
To move very fast
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English
(wikipedia bell)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- HEAR the sledges with the bells —
- Silver bells !
- What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
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- I’ll give you a bell later.
- In a cowslip's bell I lie.
Derived terms
* * bell curve * bellbottoms * bellflower * bell-ringer * bell tower * * bicycle bell * bluebell * church bell * doorbell * handbell * harebell * ring someone's bell * saved by the bell * sound as a bell * with bells onSee also
* alarm * buzz * buzzer * carillon * chime * clapper * curfew * dinger * ding-dong * gong * peal * ringer * siren * tintinnabulum * tocsin * toll * vesperVerb
(en verb)- Who will bell the cat?
- to bell a tube
- "Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. Bell us on the mobile.''
- Hops bell .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m). Cognate with (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- This animal is said to harbour'' in the place where he resides. When he cries, he is said to ''bell'' ; the print of his hoof is called the ''slot''; his tail is called the ''single''; his excrement the ''fumet''; his horns are called his ''head [...].
- As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled / Once, twice and again!
- Then, incredibly, a rutting stag belled by the trunks.
belt
English
(wikipedia belt)Noun
(en noun)- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- a belt''' of trees; a '''belt of sand
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt .
Synonyms
* (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap * (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt * (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallopDerived terms
* asteroid belt * below the belt * belted (adjective) * belt track * Bible Belt * black belt * chastity belt * conveyor belt * fan belt * kidney belt * Kuiper belt * radiation belt * Rust Belt * safety belt * seat belt * tighten one's belt * under one's belt * utility beltVerb
(en verb)- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- He was really belting along.