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Meaning of Bells | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
bɛlz

Definitions

  1. A city in Tennessee.
  2. Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
    plural, plural-only
  3. A town in Texas.
  4. Ellipsis of bell-bottoms.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية الأجراس
Deutsch Schellen
Suomi lasi lasit
Polski cymbałki
Српски bundeva šel tikva бундева тиква

Examples

“And to him, long bell-bottoms were “arrogant.” So, whenever he was home before I left for school, he would make me stand on the top step of the six steps to the bedroom level of our house and he would inspect my bells.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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