: a bell or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outer door
Examples of doorbell in a Sentence
We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.
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Walk up to the front door, and the doorbell recognizes you, turns off the alarm, unlocks the door, sets the temperature to your preference, and starts playing your favorite playlist.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 15 May 2024
At any moment, the phone or doorbell would ring with someone dropping off a rent check or complaining about a broken air conditioner or standing barefoot in a bathrobe locked out of their apartment.
—Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 15 May 2024
At any moment, the phone or doorbell would ring with someone dropping off a rent check or complaining about a broken air conditioner or standing barefoot in a bathrobe locked out of their apartment.
—Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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doorbell
noun
door·bell
-ˌbel 
: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door
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