A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.

A small quantity of schoolwork, with instructions posted or announced at or before the start of class, so that students commence working on it as soon as the class period has begun.

Rare form of Belarus.

(Canada, US) The common chicory, Cichorium intybus, grown without sunlight to produce pale leaves.

(transitive, boxing, wrestling) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.

(boxing, wrestling, of a competitor) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round.

(religion) Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical practices which predate the reforms.

A tent having a bell-like shape.

plural of bell tent

Alternative form of bell-bottom