The Clue
Adano's need (4 letter answer)
The Answer
BELL
Tags
Notes
The answer BELL is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Definition
BELL as a noun:
1. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
2. (doorbell, bell, buzzer) = a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
3. (bell, toll) = the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
4. (bell, ship's bell) = (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.
5. (bell, bell shape, campana) = the shape of a bell
6. (Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell) = a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
7. (Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen) = English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
8. (Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell) = United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
9. (chime, bell, gong) = a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
10. the flared opening of a tubular device
BELL as a verb:
1. attach a bell to; "bell cows"