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bellbox

noun

Etymology

From bell + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as bellbox — “bell + box”

Definitions

  1. A strong metal box that contains the ringing apparatus of an alarm.

  2. A bell-shaped apparatus used to extract broken rods from the bottom of a mine shaft.

    • My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA