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Definition: Alarm Bell |
Alarm BellNoun1. The sound of an alarm (usually a bell). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To hear a bell in your sleep, denotes that you will have cause for anxiety. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonym: Alarm BellSynonym: tocsin (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Alarm | Noun: alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alarm Bell |
| Specialty definitions using "alarm bell": CHANGE PERSON. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | School bell ringing to signify the end of class; fire alarm bell ringing. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fire alarm bell | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "alarm bell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 警鐘 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alarmglocke (tocsin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vészjelzőcsengő (signal alarm bell), riasztócsengő (signal alarm bell), riadócsengő (signal alarm bell), jelzőcsengő (alarm gong, bell, electric bell, signal alarm bell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 警鐘 (fire bell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けいしょう (accession, court nobles and state ministers, figure, fire bell, image, inheritance, minor illness, minor injury, nimble, picturesque scenery, scenic beauty, shape, slight, strong and nimble, succession, title of honour, trifling), はやがね. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clag raauee (alarm gong, tocsin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alarmay ellbay timbre de alarma (alarmbell, communication), entrefino (breakup, medium-fine). (various references) alarmklocka. (various references) tehlike çanı (tocsin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-l-l-l-m-r" | |
-1 letter: lamellar. | |
-2 letters: labella, lamella. | |
-3 letters: ambler, arable, baller, blamer, lamber, marble, ramble. | |
-4 letters: abeam, abler, alarm, amber, amble, ameba, areal, baler, blame, blare, blear, bream, embar, label, labra, lamer, llama, malar, realm. | |
-5 letters: able, alae, alar, alba, alma, alme, area, baal, bale, ball, balm, bare, barm, beam, bear, bell, bema, berm, blae, blam, brae, earl. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-l-l-l-m-r" | |
+4 letters: lamellibranch. | |
+5 letters: lamellibranchs. | |
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