Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telephone-bell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: tele-phone--bell
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small bell, installed in a telephone, which rings to announce incoming calls.

Example Sentences

""Halloa! There's that telephone-bell again." From time to time during and after lunch the high, insistent ring had summoned the Professor."

Inflected Forms

telephone-bells (plural)

Questions

What does telephone-bell mean?: A small bell, installed in a telephone, which rings to announce incoming calls.

How to pronounce telephone-bell

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