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Doorbell

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noun. A bell, chime, or buzzer outside a door that is rung to announce the presence of a visitor or caller.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A bell at a door, or connected with a handle or knob exposed outside a door, for the purpose of giving notice when one desires admittance.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. a bell or other sounding device, actuated by a push button at an outer door; the push button activating the bell; alos, the ringing of such a bell.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

noun. A button that actives an electric doorbell.

verb. To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

verb. To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"And since we're on the second floor and our doorbell is broken, he announced his arrival by hurling a snowball at the window."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

button push push button

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

night bell

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

Angelus Everyman bell pull bilog buzzer

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

bell bell buzzer chimes church bell