silver bells

Christmas carol jingling

Silver bells are small, bell-shaped ornaments or actual bells with a silvery appearance, strongly associated with Christmas decorations and winter imagery.

The phrase evokes holiday nostalgia, largely through the popular Christmas song of the same name: Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city.

Silver bells also refers to a flowering plant with bell-shaped blooms.

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ringing · sleigh · tinkling · ornaments · festive · cockle · cockle shells · shells · melody · deck the halls · winter · winter wonderland · snow · holiday · holiday cheer · decoration · mistletoe · holly

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Opposites
material/color

silver bellsbrass bells

Copper-zinc alloy ringers

bronze bells · copper bells

sound/audibility

silver bellssilence

Total lack of sound

stillness · tolling bells · hushed tones

seasonal/cultural association

silver bellsdeath knell

Omen of ending

passing bell · church bells · wedding bells · alarm bells · Taps

Family

silver, bells, silvery, silvered, silvering, silvers, bell, belled, bellman

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G