doorbell

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
doorbell
    n 1: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or
         buzzing signal when pushed [syn: {doorbell}, {bell},
         {buzzer}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
doorbell \doorbell\ n.
   a bell or other sounding device, actuated by a push button at
   an outer door; the push button activating the bell; alos, the
   ringing of such a bell; as, I was in the shower and didn't
   hear the doorbell.

   Syn: bell, buzzer.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "doorbell":
      bell, chimes, church bell, clapper, cowbell, dinner bell,
      dinner gong, fire bell, gong, gong bell, hand bell, jingle bell,
      passing bell, sacring bell, sheepbell, sleigh bell, telephone bell,
      tintinnabulum, tongue, triangle

    

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