ELECTRIC BELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric bell mean? 

• ELECTRIC BELL (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC BELL has 1 sense:

1. a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC BELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC BELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electric bell" is a kind of...):

bell (a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck)

Meronyms (parts of "electric bell"):

electromagnet (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric bell"):

telephone bell (electric bell that rings to signal a call)

 Context examples 

Without a word, the Duke pressed the electric bell.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)