bell end

noun

The flanged end of a pipe

Meanings

bell end1

nounbell end (plural bell ends)

plural bell ends

  1. IrelandUKalternativevulgarAlternative spelling of bell-end.
  2. The flanged end of a pipe

    To make a storage place for a watering hose, bury a length of wide pipe bell end up.

    1948 October, Popular Science, page 237
  3. The protective device around the valve of a gas cylinder
  4. The end of an internal combustion engine that has the bell housing and by extension that end of the crankshaft

Bell End2

proper noun
  1. A village in Belbroughton civil parish, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO938773).

Translations

Urdu بیل اینڈ
  • بیل اینڈvillage in Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England
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Chicago

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