"alarm-bell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alarm-bells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alarm-bell (plural alarm-bells)
  1. (historical) A bell rung to signal danger or emergency. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-alarm-bell-en-noun-5CJV29ua
  2. A bell which is rung to indicate a pre-arranged time, especially to mark a desired moment for waking up, performing a specific action etc.
    Sense id: en-alarm-bell-en-noun-vRY0-INU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92

Inflected forms

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