Usually means: Instrument with clapper, rings melodically.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 13 dictionaries that define the word handbell:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. handbell: Merriam-Webster
  2. handbell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handbell: Collins English Dictionary
  4. handbell: Vocabulary.com
  5. Handbell, handbell: Wordnik
  6. handbell: Wiktionary
  7. handbell: Dictionary.com
  8. Handbell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. handbell: Rhymezone
  10. handbell: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. handbell: FreeDictionary.org
  12. handbell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. handbell: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See handbells as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (handbell)

▸ noun:  (music) A small bell designed to be rung by hand.

Similar:
hand bell, cowbell, telephone-bell, bell button, chime, bell, hammer, jingle bell, tubular bells, bell-pull, more...

Opposite:
footbell, non-handbell, non-manual bell

Adjectives:
small, little, large, fashioned, golden, big, huge, cracked, poor

▸ Words similar to handbell

▸ Usage examples for handbell

▸ Idioms related to handbell

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing handbell

▸ Words that often appear near handbell

▸ Rhymes of handbell

▸ Invented words related to handbell

Similar:
hand bell, cowbell, telephone-bell, bell button, chime, bell, hammer, jingle bell, tubular bells, bell-pull, more...

Opposite:
footbell, non-handbell, non-manual bell

Adjectives:
small, little, large, fashioned, golden, big, huge, cracked, poor



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "handbell" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux