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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
Rachel Johnson

Meaning of "doorbell" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOORBELL

doorbell  [ˈdɔːbel] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOORBELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doorbell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOORBELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

doorbell

Doorbell

A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near an entry door to a building. When a visitor presses a button the bell rings inside the building, alerting the occupant to the presence of the visitor. Although the first doorbells were mechanical, activated by pulling a cord, modern doorbells are electric — they are actuated by an electric switch.

Definition of doorbell in the English dictionary

The definition of doorbell in the dictionary is a bell that is rung by visitors to a house to alert someone inside to their arrival.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOORBELL


debel
dɪˈbel

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOORBELL

door
door chain
door curtain
door furniture
door handle
door scraper
door to door
door-knocker
door-to-door
doorcase
doorframe
doorjamb
doorkeeper
doorknob
doorknock
doorless
doorman
doormat
doormen

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOORBELL

barbell
bell
bicycle bell
bluebell
Campbell
cowbell
death bell
dinner bell
diving bell
division bell
Dobell
dumbbell
handbell
harebell
ring a bell
ring the bell
silver bell
sleigh bell
snowbell
sound as a bell

Synonyms and antonyms of doorbell in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «doorbell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOORBELL

Find out the translation of doorbell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doorbell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doorbell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

门铃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

timbre
570 millions of speakers

English

doorbell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَرَسُ الباب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дверной звонок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

campainha da porta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডোর বেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sonnette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bel pintu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Türklingel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

玄関の呼び鈴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초인종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuông cửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலிங்பெல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरवाजाबोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kapı zili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campanello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzwonek u drzwi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дверний дзвінок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sonerie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουδούνι πόρτας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dörrklocka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dørklokke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doorbell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOORBELL»

The term «doorbell» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOORBELL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «doorbell» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «doorbell» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doorbell

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3 QUOTES WITH «DOORBELL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doorbell.
1
Ray Charles
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that!
2
Rachel Johnson
It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
3
Olin Miller
If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOORBELL»

Discover the use of doorbell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doorbell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Doorbell Rang
Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies.
Pat Hutchins, 1989
2
The Doorbell Rang
Hired to help society widow Rachel Bruner foil bothersome Feds, Nero Wolfe and his able assistant Archie get in over their heads with highly trained G-men who are adept at bugs, tails, and threats.
Rex Stout, 2010
3
Teaching Children with Autism to Respond Appropriately to a ...
Key words: autism, safety skills
James K. Summers, 2008
4
Buzz Off!: Build Your Own Electronic Doorbell
Kids discover the wonders of electricity with this great kit containing everything they need to build a real doorbell without using any tools.
Luann Colombo, 2000
5
The Doorbell
It started as a bit ofa joke. She was going to bed one night when she looked up at the bell that hung on the wall high up to the right of the front door. The main light was off and the hallway was lit only by the glow of the TV her boyfriend was ...
6
The Other Side of the Doorbell: An Anthology of Short Stories
We hope that you enjoy finding out what some of our authors imagined to be on "the other side of the doorbell," in these wonderfully different stories. We wish to thank our very creative authors for making this book possible.
The Purple Pen, 2004
7
Houghton Mifflin Mathmatics: Literature Library Reader the ...
Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004
8
Electronics Projects Vol. 15
DOORBELL-CUM-SECURITY. ALARM. I 1! 0) "> - E O m ol o. Fig. 1: Block diagram for the door-bell-cum-security alarm Fig. 7: Internal view of the doorbell- cum-security alarm. Fig 3: Most security systems suffer from the drawback that either ...
EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, 2009
9
RapidIO: The Embedded System Interconnect
Table A. 13 Bit settings for write-port or doorbell CSR Bit Field name Description 2 3 6-23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3O-31 Doorbell available Doorbell full Doorbell empty Doorbell busy Doorbell failed Doorbell error Write port available Write port full ...
Sam Fuller, 2005
10
Information Networking. Towards Ubiquitous Networking and ...
60 (us) 60 (us) Writecompletion Writecompletion ETC ETC 50 50 Protocol processing Protocol processing 40 40 DMA transfer DMA transfer 30 30 Socket & TCB Socket & TCB processing processing 20 20 Doorbell processing Doorbell ...
Teresa Vazão, Mário M. Freire, Ilyoung Chong, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOORBELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doorbell is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Find out who's at the door from anywhere with Ring
I've been testing out the Ring Video Doorbell, a $200 device that looks to solve the problem so many of us have--we don't feel like getting off ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá
Around 10, Carlos heard the doorbell ring. He walked to the door and then stood there, paralyzed: He could barely bring himself to answer. «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
OTR homeowners: Surveillance camera caught clear view of burglar
Kimberly said she was upstairs in the shower when the man rang the doorbell repeatedly before he broke in. "He comes through this window ... «WCPO, Jul 15»
4
A chilling account of the Aarushi murder case
But on the morning of the 16th, when Bharti rang the doorbell situated next to the outer grill gate of the flat, no one responded.So she pressed ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
5
Michael Gannon: If Dave King is serious about returning Rangers to …
The important thing is to be proactive. That stunner you've been waiting for ain't going to walk up and ring the doorbell. You could have George ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
6
Portland cop shot in both legs, police dog dead, crime spree: Last …
... at Affordable Jewelry and Precious Metals' Tigard store, threw a brick through the downtown location and rang his home doorbell and ran off. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
7
A year and some change
It takes several knocks, a couple of doorbell rings, and finally a phone call to someone on the inside to get an answer. When the door opens, ... «Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jul 15»
8
Witnesses describe a high-stakes card game interrupted by gunfire
There are tinted windows on the business, two security cameras pointed toward the door, and someone has to ring the doorbell to get in, ... «KXAN.com, Jul 15»
9
A Teacher's Rape Reveals Massive Security and Mental-Health …
About 2:30 p.m., he rang a neighbor's doorbell and asked for a drink of water. The woman who answered was slender with thick blond hair, ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
10
Seattle elections: What's the most important issue in your district?
What is the most important issue in your district? What will you ask a candidate who rings your doorbell or appears at a public forum? Use the ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»

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