(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.

Expanding at the mouth.

Having the striking surface convex; said of hammers.