how to pronounce bells

/ˈbɛlz/

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bells is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bells in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… are we gonna get into bells on coffins …”

meanings of bells

noun:

Plural of bell.
Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half hour, to mark the passage of time.
Short for bell-bottoms.
Plural of Bell.

name:

A city in Tennessee.
Plural of Bell.
A town in Texas.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bell.

bells frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word bells occurs in english on average 9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.