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bellbox

bellbox noun: a strong metal box that contains the ringing apparatus of an alarm.

Noun

bellbox (plural bellboxes)

  1. A strong metal box that contains the ringing apparatus of an alarm.
  2. (historical) A bell-shaped apparatus used to extract broken rods from the bottom of a mine shaft.
    • My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

Forms of bellbox

pluralbellboxes

Origin of bellbox

From bell + box.

Questions about bellbox

What does bellbox mean?
Bellbox means a strong metal box that contains the ringing apparatus of an alarm.
What part of speech is bellbox?
Bellbox is a noun.
What is the plural of bellbox?
The plural of bellbox is bellboxes.

Words near bellbox in the dictionary

  1. Bellbird Heights
  2. bellbirds
  3. bellbottom
  4. bellbottomed
  5. bellbottoms
  6. bellbox
  7. bellboxes
  8. bellboy
  9. bellboys
  10. Bellbrae
  11. Bellbridge

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