A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.

Bell may also refer to:

Sound and music

  • Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
  • Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
  • Bell effect, a musical technique
  • Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

Signals

  • Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
  • Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
  • Church bell, indicating when to go to church
  • Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
  • Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
  • Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
  • School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
  • Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

People

  • Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
  • Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), inventor of the telephone
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-), astrophysicist who discovered pulsars
  • John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
  • bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist

Given name

Women

  • Bell (singer) (born 2000), Swedish singer and songwriter
  • Bell Berghuis (born 1985), Dutch snowboarder
  • Bell Duncan (1849–1934), Scottish traditional singer
  • Bell Greve (1894–1957), American social worker
  • Bell Nuntita (born 1983), Thai actress, singer, entertainer, and radio DJ
  • Bell Elliott Palmer (1873–1947), American writer
  • Bell Ribeiro-Addy (born 1985), British politician
  • Bell T. Ritchie (1893–1970), American musician and vocalist
  • Bell Robertson (1841–1922), Scottish reciter of folk songs
  • Bell Yu Tian, Malaysian singer-songwriter

Men

  • Bell Cox (1826–1897), Irish Anglican priest
  • Bell Ngasri (born 1980), Malaysian actor and comedian
  • Bell M. Shimada (1922–1958), American fisheries scientist
  • Bell Taylor (1829–1909), English ophthalmic surgeon
  • Bell I. Wiley (1906–1980), American historian

Places

Australia

  • Bell, New South Wales
  • Bell, Queensland, a town in the Western Downs Region

Canada

  • Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
  • Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
  • Bell River (Quebec)

Germany

  • Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
  • Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality

United States

  • Bell, California
  • Bell, Florida
  • Bell, Illinois
  • Bell, Oklahoma
  • Bell, Wisconsin
  • Bell Canyon, California
  • Bell City, Missouri
  • Bell County, Kentucky
  • Bell County, Texas
  • Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

Other places

  • Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
  • Bell, South Africa
  • Bell Creek (disambiguation)

Businesses

Telecommunications

  • Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
  • Bell Internet, an Internet service provided by Bell
  • Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
  • Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
  • Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell

Other businesses

  • Bell Aircraft, a former American aircraft manufacturer
  • Bell Textron, formerly Bell Helicopter
  • Bell ID, a Dutch software company
  • Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
  • Bell Records, a record label
  • Bell Sports, a helmet manufacturer
  • Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
  • Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan, U.S.
  • Bell's whisky, a brand of Scotch

Science and technology

  • Bell, the body of a jellyfish
  • Bell character, in computing, a device control code
  • Bell number, in mathematics
  • Bell polynomials, in mathematics
  • Bell state, in quantum information science
  • Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber

Transportation

  • Bell station (disambiguation)
  • SS Empire Bell, a ship
  • USS Bell, the name of two U.S. Navy ships
  • Bell (cyclecar), made in 1920
  • Bell maneuver, a version of the tailslide in aerobatics

Other uses

  • Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
  • Bell (typeface)
  • Bell, a character from the fourth season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series

See also

  • Bel (disambiguation)
  • Bell High School (disambiguation)
  • Bell House (disambiguation)
  • Bell Lake (disambiguation)
  • Bell pepper
  • Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
  • Belle (disambiguation)
  • Bells (disambiguation)
  • The Bell (disambiguation)
  • The Bells (disambiguation)
  • Justice Bell (disambiguation)
  • Old Bell (disambiguation)
  • Glockenspiel (disambiguation)
  • Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes
  • Service bell