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sheep-bells

sheep-bells is the plural of sheep-bell.

Meaning of sheep-bell

Noun

sheep-bell (countable and uncountable, plural sheep-bells)

  1. A bell attached to a collar worn by sheep.
    • So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality—the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds—the rattling teacups would change to tinkling...1865, Lewis Carroll, chapter 12, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Questions about sheep-bells

What is sheep-bells the plural of?
Sheep-bells is the plural of sheep-bell.

Words near sheep-bells in the dictionary

  1. sheep's foot
  2. sheep's head
  3. sheep's heads
  4. sheep's-bit
  5. sheep-bell
  6. sheep-bells
  7. sheep-biter
  8. sheep-biters
  9. sheep-biting
  10. sheep-dip
  11. sheep-dipped

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