handbell

1. 1.

   a bell that is held in the hand

   Broaderchime

Other forms of handbell

plural

handbells·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about handbell

What does handbell mean?

handbell means "a bell that is held in the hand".

How many syllables are in handbell?

handbell has 2 syllables and divides as hand-bell under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.