: a bell or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outer door
Examples of doorbell in a Sentence
We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.
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Most sightings are seen on home camera systems like Ring doorbells.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
The 11-year-old was a suspect in some electronic doorbell thefts on May 11, 2024 and had previously been listed as a missing endangered juvenile by the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office, Albuquerque police said.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
The 15-year-old whom police are looking last year was suspected in doorbell thefts, participating in a $15,000 burglary of beer, alcohol and cigarettes, and a minor-injury shooting, police said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Kansas City man who shot Black honor student Ralph Yarl after the teen mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died before his scheduled sentencing on March 7.
—Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
The 11-year-old was a suspect in some electronic doorbell thefts on May 11, 2024 and had previously been listed as a missing endangered juvenile by the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office, Albuquerque police said.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
The 15-year-old whom police are looking last year was suspected in doorbell thefts, participating in a $15,000 burglary of beer, alcohol and cigarettes, and a minor-injury shooting, police said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Kansas City man who shot Black honor student Ralph Yarl after the teen mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died before his scheduled sentencing on March 7.
—Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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doorbell
noun
door·bell
-ˌbel 
: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door
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