bell
noun
a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
bell-less
-
a word derived from
bell.
Example Sentences
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It seemed to her it might be the first move in a conspiracy between her servants and outsiders to steal her bell-less oxen.
From Time Magazine Archive
We may write bell-less, etc., however, in the case of words in which three l's come together, separating the syllables by a hyphen.
From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin
But, before he could add a direction, he was halted by a soft buzzing from the telephone, which, though bell-less, still gave this faint warning of a call.
From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard
