A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
To make the sound of a chime.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
To agree; to correspond.
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.