door bell

Entrance alert signal

A doorbell is a button near a door that rings a bell or chime inside, alerting occupants to a visitor.

Modern doorbells may include cameras and speakers: The doorbell footage showed the package thief.

To ring someone's doorbell is to announce your presence at their home.

Also spelled as one word: doorbell.

Related

visitor · entrance · button · press · answer · porch · welcome mat · welcome · delivery · special delivery · mailman · guest · waiting · threshold · wireless · camera · package · stranger

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doorbell

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G