: 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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Lester is accused of shooting Yarl after the teen rang the doorbell at Lester’s home in the 1100 block of Northeast 115th Street.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
The doorbell’s wire-free option which also makes installation super easy.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Beyond her doorbell trick, Chiquita is a testament to resilience and joy.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Authorities in Arapahoe County, Colo. had been on the hunt for Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco since September 2024, after doorbell surveillance footage linked him to a home invasion in Aurora, Colo.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
The doorbell’s wire-free option which also makes installation super easy.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Beyond her doorbell trick, Chiquita is a testament to resilience and joy.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Authorities in Arapahoe County, Colo. had been on the hunt for Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco since September 2024, after doorbell surveillance footage linked him to a home invasion in Aurora, Colo.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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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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