Definitions for doorbell

doorbell door·bell

Spelling: [dawr-bel, dohr-]
IPA: /ˈdɔrˌbɛl, ˈdoʊr-/

Doorbell is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in doorbell (bdelloor).

Definitions for doorbell

noun

  1. a bell chime, or the like, at a door or connected with a door, rung by persons outside wanting someone inside to open the door.

verb (used without object)

  1. to canvass or solicit from door to door, especially for votes or contributions.

Origin of doorbell

First recorded in 1805-15; door + bell1

Examples for doorbell

“Upon our arrival I knocked on the front door several times and rang the doorbell with no answer,” Platt would report.

doorbell would ring, I would open the door, Luke would come in, we would bow at each other, he would say nothing.

“I think that was the doorbell,” she remarked, a trifle sharply.

They had scarcely risen from the table when the doorbell rang.

Hearing the doorbell, a hesitant cleaner opened the door a crack to see who it was.

Deliverymen were asked not to ring the doorbell lest the noise disturb him.

During Inside Llewyn Davis you just wish Davis had a warm coat and that someone would answer when he rings on their doorbell.

Thus it was possible to ring the doorbell from the pavement, and this the stranger did.

He was on his way to the telephone when the doorbell buzzed.

Just as they were about to take their seats at the table the doorbell rang.

Word Value for doorbell
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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