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Definition of Doorbell
1. Noun. A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
Specialized synonyms: Night Bell
Generic synonyms: Button, Push, Push Button
Derivative terms: Buzz, Buzz
Definition of Doorbell
1. Noun. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building. ¹
2. Noun. A button that actives an electric doorbell. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorbell
1. a bell at a door [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorbell
Literary usage of Doorbell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read a Book by Jill Norris, Joy Evans (1997)
"Choose one event and imagine that the doorbell rings while this is going on. ...
The doorbell rings. The baby's asleep. Now I can sweep. The doorbell rings. ..."
2. Songs of Wedlock by Thomas Augustine Daly (1916)
"... Sabbath like this from the dawn-risen breeze; Sorrow's self lays a finger to
lip when they meet, For there's crape on a doorbell in Lockerbie street. ..."
3. Household Papers and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896)
"Just then the doorbell rang. "Oh, there is the doorbell, " I exclaimed. ...
who had heard the doorbell ring, and was deter- ..."
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