doorbellnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.bel/us/ˈdɔːr.bel/a bell, operated by a button on or next to the door of a house, that you push to tell the people inside that you are there
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Parts of buildings: doors & parts of doors
- architrave
- bell push
- door
- door knocker
- doorframe
- draught excluder
- entrance 1
- fire door
- five-bar gate
- French doors
- French windows
- knob
- knocker
- letterbox
- screen door
- stage door
- storm door/window
- swing door
- swinging door
- weatherboarding
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Examples from literature
- Five minutes later the postman rang the doorbell.
- He had scarcely picked up his brush before the doorbell rang once more.
- He was on his way to the telephone when the doorbell buzzed.
- The front doorbell announced the arrival of another caller.
- The loud ring of the doorbell caused her to break off abruptly the sentence she had begun.