: 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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Considering Google Nest Hub smart displays have had the ability to announce visitors and pull up a live view from your doorbell for years, its omission when the Pixel Tablet launched last year was baffling.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Loading your audio article At the end of almost any show these days, theater audiences rise for an obligatory standing ovation as if the doorbell just rang and the last Halloween candy needs doling out.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Loading your audio article At the end of almost any show these days, theater audiences rise for an obligatory standing ovation as if the doorbell just rang and the last Halloween candy needs doling out.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 5 Jun. 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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