Definition of knell Knell
/nɛˈl/ - [nel] - knell
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NounPlural: knells |
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| knell - the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something | ||
| toll, bell a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) | ||
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| knell - ring as in announcing death | ||
| peal, ring ring recurrently; "bells were pealing" | ||
| knell - make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" | ||
| ring | ||
| sound appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
| toll ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- knell (n.)
The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything. - knell (n.)
To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen. - knell (v. t.)
To summon, as by a knell.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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knell
nel, n. the stroke of a bell: the sound of a bell at a death or funeral.—v.i. to sound as a bell: toll.—v.t. to summon as by a tolling bell. [A.S. cnyllan, to beat noisily; Dut. and Ger. knallen.]
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