Definitions for doorbells

doorbells door·bell

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

Doorbells is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in doorbells (bdelloors).

Definitions for doorbells

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 doorbells

First recorded in 1805-15; door + bell1

Examples for doorbells

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for doorbells
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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