belllike

English

Alternative forms

• bell-like

Etymology

From bell +‎ -like.

Adjective

belllike (comparative more belllike, superlative most belllike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bell.
   • 2007 December 1, Allan Kozinn, “That Same Old Beat, With Brand-New Choices”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 17 January 2018:

     Usually the pulse is established by a piano, which holds down the beat with a belllike tone.

Usage notes

• The hyphenated spelling bell-like may be preferred in order to avoid the unusual juxtaposition of three of the same consonant.

Translations

resembling or characteristic of a bell

Russian: колоколообра́зный (ru) (kolokoloobráznyj) (looking like a bell), колоколоподо́бный (ru) (kolokolopodóbnyj) Ukrainian: дзвоникоподі́бний (dzvonykopodíbnyj), дзвоникува́тий (dzvonykuvátyj)

See also

• bell-shaped