passing bell

The bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass.

(US, telecommunications, informal) Any of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the 1980s as part of an antitrust agreement.

plural of Baby Bell

(simile) Totally clear; distinct and unmistakeable, as a bell's tone is clearly heard.

Alternative form of bellboy

(architecture) An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower.

plural of bell jar

A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape. / A bell-shaped glass used to cover and protect items such as food.

A hard alloy of about four parts of copper to one of tin, used for making bells.