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bellpush

bellpush noun: a button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed.

bellpush: a button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed
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Noun

bellpush (plural bellpushes)

  1. A button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed.
    • I groped around a bit to find the bell-push, and let them have a full five seconds clatter, just to show what I was thinking of them.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 8

Forms of bellpush

pluralbellpushes
alternative formbell push

Origin of bellpush

From bell + push.

Questions about bellpush

What does bellpush mean?
Bellpush means a button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed.
What part of speech is bellpush?
Bellpush is a noun.
What is the plural of bellpush?
The plural of bellpush is bellpushes.

Words near bellpush in the dictionary

  1. bellpeople
  2. bellperson
  3. bellpersons
  4. bellpull
  5. bellpulls
  6. bellpush
  7. bellpushes
  8. bellringer
  9. bellringers
  10. bellringing
  11. bellringings

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