{
    "term": "bell",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/mu/music_brass_instruments.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a hollow metal object, often like a cup in shape, that makes a ringing sound when hit by a small piece of metal inside it; the sound that it makes",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bicycle bell"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice came down the line **as clear as a bell**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the bell of a trumpet *(= the part at the end like a bell in shape)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The church **bells rang out**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bell-shaped flower"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Off in the distance a bell tolled two in the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bell tower"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wedding bells"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dancers wore bells on their ankles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bells on the harness tinkled softly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The church bells tolled for Evensong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the faint chime of bells"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their friends could already hear wedding bells (= were sure they would get married)."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["church", "temple", "wedding"],
                "verb + bell": ["ring", "hear"],
                "bell + verb": ["chime", "clang", "jangle"],
                "bell + noun": ["tower", "pull", "rope"],
                "phrases": ["a chime of bells", "a peal of bells", "a sound of bells"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an electrical device which makes a ringing sound when a button on it is pushed; the sound that it makes, used as a signal or a warning",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Ring the bell** to see if they're in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **bell's ringing**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bell went for the end of the lesson."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An **alarm bell** went off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Warning bells** started ringing in her head as she sensed that something was wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This decision is going to sound a warning bell to other couples."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Saved by the bell! ***(= a bell that signals the end of something)* I thought I'd have to sit here listening to you two argue forever."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bicycle", "door", "dinner"],
                "verb + bell": ["press", "ring", "sound"],
                "bell + verb": ["go", "ring", "sound"],
                "bell + noun": ["pull", "push"],
                "phrases": ["saved by the bell", "bells and whistles"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you say that alarm bells are ringing, you mean that people are starting to feel worried and to suspect that something is wrong",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government’s proposal has set alarm bells ringing for people on low incomes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to call somebody by phone",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you do not believe what somebody has just said",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to sound familiar to you, as though you have heard it before",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His name rings a bell but I can't think where we met."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in perfect condition",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The doctor said I was as sound as a bell."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bel/",
                "audio": "be/bell/bell__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bel/",
                "audio": "be/bell/bell__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English belle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bel."
}