noun
doorbell
DAW-behl
noun
1
A button or device by an entrance that rings or chimes to alert people inside that someone is at the door.
"The doorbell rang just as she sat down to eat."
verb
1
(US politics) To go door to door canvassing, ringing bells to talk to residents.
"Volunteers doorbelled the whole neighborhood before the election."
How to Use Doorbell
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe button you press at someone's front door, or (in campaigning) to canvass house by house.
Common pairings
ring the doorbell
doorbell camera
Word Forms
doorbelled past tense, doorbells plural, doorbells singular
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Etymology
A straightforward compound of "door" and "bell."