doorbell
noun/ˈdɔːbel/
/ˈdɔːrbel/
- a bell with a button outside a house that you push to let the people inside know that you are there
- to ring the doorbell
- He refused to answer the doorbell.
- I heard the doorbell ring, and went to see who was there.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + doorbell- press
- ring
- answer
- …
- chime
- ring
- sound
- …
- a ring on the doorbell
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