WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bells
(belz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a pl. v.)
- Clothing[Informal.]bell-bottom (def. 2).
- by shortening of the full phrase, as in shorts from short pants 1965–70
'bells' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A, a
- Antheil
- Bow bells
- Canterbury bells
- Chile-bells
- Roanoke bells
- Virginia cowslip
- belfry
- bell
- bell book
- bell metal
- bell-ringer
- bellflower family
- bellfounder
- bellhanger
- bells and whistles
- bells of Ireland
- bellwort
- benediction
- campanology
- cap and bells
- carillon
- change
- change ringing
- change-ringing
- chime
- clang
- cockney
- copihue
- coral bells
- crescent
- ding-dong
- fire
- fool's cap
- foolscap
- glockenspiel
- hear
- hell
- hell's bells
- heuchera
- hunt
- jingle
- merry-bells
- morris dance
- oconee-bells
- of
- outring
- peal
- program
- ring