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  • 31Bell pepper — Green pepper redirects here. For green peppercorns, see Black pepper. Red, yellow and green pepper Bell pepper, also known as sweet pepper or a pepper (in the UK) and capsicum (in Australia and New Zealand), is a cultivar group of the species… …

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  • 32bell jar — noun a bell shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases • Syn: ↑bell glass • Hypernyms: ↑protective covering, ↑protective cover, ↑protection * * * noun : a bell shaped… …

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  • 33bell — /bel/ noun (C) 1 a piece of electrical equipment that makes a ringing sound, used as a signal or to get someone s attention: The door bell rang but no one answered it. | Ring the bell once to make the bus stop. 2 (usually singular) the sound of a …

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  • 34bell — I. noun Etymology: Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar more at bellow Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck b. doorbell 2. a. the… …

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  • 35bell-shaped — adj. Bell shaped is used with these nouns: ↑flower …

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  • 36BELL, PETER —    Wordsworth s simple rustic, to whom the primrose was but a yellow flower and nothing more …

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  • 37The Liberty Bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 38To bear away the bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 39To bear the bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 40To curse by bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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