Definizione monolingua

doorbell

doorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)

1. (intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
2. (transitive) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

   We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote.

doorbell (plural doorbells)

1. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing ones presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
2. A button that actives an electric doorbell.

Definizione dizionario doorbell

	campanello
	device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
	Pulsante di una porta esterna che produce un segnale sonoro una volta spinto.
	A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.

Altri significati:

A button that actives an electric doorbell.

(intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

(transitive) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.