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doorbell

/ˈdɔːbel/noun

उच्चारण डॉर्बेल

दरवाज़े की घंटी

Basic word

noun
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    a bell with a button outside a house that you press to let the people inside know that you are there

    दरवाज़े की घंटी

    • ring the doorbell
    • The doorbell rang just as we sat down to eat.
    • Nobody answered the doorbell.
    + 1 more example
    • We fitted a new doorbell that plays a tune.

    Synonyms bell buzzer chime

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

ring/press + the doorbell

Both ring and press are used for making the bell sound; ring is the more common verb.

घंटी बजाने के लिए 'ring' और 'press' दोनों प्रयुक्त होते हैं; 'ring' अधिक आम है।

  • Radhika rang the doorbell twice.
  • Please press the doorbell once and wait.

the doorbell rings / goes

As the subject, the doorbell takes rings or goes, not a verb like sounds in everyday speech.

Subject के रूप में 'the doorbell' के साथ आम बोलचाल में rings या goes आता है।

  • The doorbell rang just as we sat down to dinner.

answer + the doorbell / the door

You answer the door; answer the doorbell is also heard but means to respond to the ring.

दरवाज़े का उत्तर दिया जाता है, यानी 'answer the door'; 'answer the doorbell' भी सुना जाता है और घंटी के उत्तर के अर्थ में आता है।

  • Could you answer the door? I am busy in the kitchen.

doorbell + noun

It can form a compound noun with other words for related things.

यह अन्य शब्दों के साथ मिलकर संबंधित वस्तुओं के लिए compound noun बना सकता है।

  • A doorbell camera showed the delivery boy at the gate.

at the doorbell / by the doorbell

Say the button is by the door and the sound is heard in the house; use at the door for a visitor, not at the doorbell.

घंटी का बटन दरवाज़े के पास होता है; आगंतुक के लिए 'at the door' आता है, 'at the doorbell' नहीं।

  • There is someone at the door; I heard the doorbell.
+Collocations 5

verb + doorbell

ringpresshearinstallfixdisconnect

  • The electrician came to install a new doorbell.

adjective + doorbell

loudelectricwirelessmusicalbroken

  • The musical doorbell plays a short tune.

doorbell + verb

ringschimesbuzzesgoesstops working

  • The doorbell chimed softly in the hall.

doorbell + noun

camerabuttonchimesoundwire

  • He fitted a doorbell camera to see who was outside.

doorbell + time

at midnightearly in the morningtwiceagain and againjust then

  • The doorbell rang again and again, so Radhika ran downstairs.
“More examples 6
  • The doorbell rang at six in the morning, and it was the milkman.

सुबह छह बजे घंटी बजी, और वह दूधवाला था।

  • Our doorbell plays a small tune that my little sister loves.

हमारी doorbell एक छोटी धुन बजाती है जो मेरी छोटी बहन को बहुत पसंद है।

  • She pressed the doorbell, but no one answered.

उसने घंटी दबाई, पर किसी ने उत्तर नहीं दिया।

  • During the power cut, the electric doorbell did not work.

बिजली जाने पर electric doorbell काम नहीं कर रही थी।

  • The dog barks every time the doorbell rings.

जब भी घंटी बजती है, कुत्ता भौंकता है।

  • The postman pressed the doorbell and handed over the speed-post letter.

डाकिये ने घंटी बजाई और speed-post का पत्र थमा दिया।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ He knocked the doorbell for a long time.

✓ He rang the doorbell for a long time.

You knock on a door, but you ring or press a doorbell.

दरवाज़े पर 'knock' किया जाता है, पर घंटी के लिए 'ring' या 'press' आता है।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

bell buzzer chime

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Ring the doorbell.

Collocation 'ring the doorbell'।