Doorbell

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  doorbell \doorbell\ n.
     a bell or other sounding device, actuated by a push button at
     an outer door; the push button activating the bell; alos, the
     ringing of such a bell; as, I was in the shower and didn't
     hear the doorbell.
  


     Syn: bell, buzzer.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doorbell
       n : a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or
           buzzing signal when pushed [syn: {bell}, {buzzer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "doorbell":
     bell, chimes, church bell, clapper, cowbell, dinner bell,
     dinner gong, fire bell, gong, gong bell, hand bell, jingle bell,
     passing bell, sacring bell, sheepbell, sleigh bell, telephone bell,
     tintinnabulum, tongue, triangle