doorbell
/ˈdɔː.bɛl/US/ˈdɔɹ.bɛl/
doorbell noun: a bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
Noun
doorbell (plural doorbells)
- A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
- There are, of course, smart speakers (which roughly a quarter of American homes have) and smart thermostats, as well as smart thermometers, smart mattress covers, smart coffee makers, smart doorbells, and even, yes, smart toasters.2018 December 18, Joe Pinsker, “The Coming Commodification of Life at Home”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2019
Verb
doorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)
- To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
- To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
- We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote.
doorbell meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
doorbell in Hindi
- device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- दर्वाज़ी की घंटी darvāzī kī ghaṇṭī, घंटी ghaṇṭī, दरवाज़े की घंटी darvāze kī ghaṇṭī
doorbell in Tamil
- அழைப்புமணி
doorbell in Marathi
- दारावरची घंटा
doorbell in Urdu
- device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- گَھنْٹِی ghanṭī
More languagesFewer languages
- doorbell in Malayalam
- ഡോർബെൽ
- doorbell in Punjabi
- ਘੰਟੀ ghaṇṭī, گَھنْٹِی ghanṭī
- doorbell in Odia
- ଦ୍ୱାରର ବେଲିଂ
- doorbell in Nepali
- डोरबेल
- doorbell in Tagalog
- timbre, dorbel
- doorbell in Arabic
- جَرَس الْبَاب jaras al-bāb, جَرَس jaras
- doorbell in Malay
- loceng pintu
- doorbell in Indonesian
- bel pintu
- doorbell in Thai
- ออด ɔ̀ɔt, กริ่ง grìng
- doorbell in Vietnamese
- chuông cửa
Examples of doorbell in a sentence
- The couple were getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.
- I rang the doorbell and waited with my heart in my mouth.
- My doorbell chime stopped working, and I had to re-pair it with the bell push.
Forms of doorbell
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | doorbells |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | doorbells |
| present participle | doorbelling |
| past participle | doorbelled |
| past | doorbelled |
Origin of doorbell
From door + bell.
Words formed from doorbell
Phrases with doorbell
Questions about doorbell
- What does doorbell mean?
- Doorbell means a bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
- What is doorbell in Hindi?
- Doorbell in Hindi is दर्वाज़ी की घंटी (darvāzī kī ghaṇṭī), घंटी (ghaṇṭī), दरवाज़े की घंटी (darvāze kī ghaṇṭī). See Doorbell meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is doorbell?
- Doorbell can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce doorbell?
- Doorbell is pronounced /ˈdɔː.bɛl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of doorbell?
- The plural of doorbell is doorbells.
Words near doorbell in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doorbell (page history and authors); doorbell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doorbell (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doorbell (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doorbell (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doorbell (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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