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hand bell

hand bell is the alternative form of handbell.

Meaning of handbell

Noun

handbell (plural handbells)

  1. A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
    • The bell sounded. It was a hand-bell, rung by a boy in the next class-room.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 58

Forms of hand bell

pluralhand bells

Questions about hand bell

What is hand bell the alternative form of?
Hand bell is the alternative form of handbell.

Words near hand bell in the dictionary

  1. hand axe
  2. hand axes
  3. hand back
  4. hand ball
  5. hand balls
  6. hand bell
  7. hand bells
  8. hand bike
  9. hand bikes
  10. hand bill
  11. hand bills

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