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doorbells

doorbells is the plural of doorbell.

doorbells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of doorbell.

Meaning of doorbell

Noun

doorbell (plural doorbells)

  1. 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

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Phrases with doorbells

Questions about doorbells

What is doorbells the plural of?
Doorbells is the plural of doorbell.

Words near doorbells in the dictionary

  1. Dooralong
  2. doorbell
  3. doorbell key
  4. doorbelled
  5. doorbelling
  6. doorbells
  7. doorboy
  8. doorboys
  9. doorbuster
  10. doorbusters
  11. doorbusting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doorbells (page history and authors); doorbell (page history and authors). 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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