Industrial Safety Procedures

noun a bell used to alert people of a fire

• The fire bell rang, alerting everyone in the building to evacuate immediately.
• When the fire bell goes off, we know it's time to get out of here.
• I heard the fire bell and booked it out of there.
• The sudden silence was like a fire bell in my mind, warning me of impending danger.

noun waste material that has been collected by sweeping

adjective describing the act of sweeping

• The janitor collected all the sweepings from the hallway and disposed of them properly.
• I accidentally stepped on some sweepings on the floor and made a mess.
• I'll just sweep all these sweepings under the rug and deal with it later.
• The detective sifted through the sweepings of evidence to find a clue.