dinner bell
Supper's ready announcement
A dinner bell is a bell rung to announce that a meal is ready.
Traditionally found on farms and in large households, it summoned people from distant parts of the property: She rang the dinner bell and watched the farmhands come in from the fields.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for any signal that food is available.
Melodic bell sound
- clangLoud metallic sound
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- tollFee for passage
gong · clapper · ding-dong · tintinnabulation · resonance · sound · summons · announcement
Dwelling on agricultural land
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
country · rural · old-fashioned · antique · nostalgic · Rockwell · frontier · heartland
Evening repast
- kitchenFood preparation room
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- familyRelated people together
meal · cook · serving · platter · course · hungry · chef · preparation
chime
Melodic bell sound
toll · gong · clapper · ding-dong · tintinnabulation · resonance · sound · summons · announcement · call
farmhouse
Dwelling on agricultural land
plantation · country · rural · old-fashioned · antique · nostalgic · Rockwell · frontier · heartland · porch
supper
Evening repast
family · meal · cook · serving · platter · course · hungry · chef · preparation · homestead
call
Contact by phone
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- beckonSignal to approach
assembly · gathering · convene · notify · round-up · rallying · workers · field hands · harvest · farmhands
Thanksgiving
Autumn gratitude holiday
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
- PassoverFestival of liberation
Ramadan · Hanukkah · holiday · reunion · heritage · custom · ritual · nostalgia · ancestry · homecoming
- bellscowbell, cowbells, doorbell, handbell, toll
- formal diningplace setting, porcelain, tablecloth, silverware, linen napkins
- noisemakersnoisemaker, air horn, buzzer, kazoo, horn
- alarmsalarm, fire alarm, alert, smoke alarm, burglar alarm
- alert soundsalarm, beep, buzzer, chime, doorbell
- family dinnersupper, Sunday supper, holiday meals, kitchen table, table setting
dinner belllast call
Pre-closing drink announcement
closing bell · check please · taps · factory whistle · school bell
dinner bellstarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
famine · hunger · food scarcity · hunger pang · fasting
dinner, bell, dine, diner, diners, dinners, dining, bells, belled