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- DictionaryKnell/nel/
noun
- 1. the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.
verb
- 1. (of a bell) ring solemnly, especially for a death or funeral.
The meaning of KNELL is a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster). How to use knell in a sentence.
(Definition of knell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of knell. knell. If plans to produce cellulosic ethanol are carried very far, it could be the death knell for biodiversity and, with it, humanity's life-support systems. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
A knell is a ringing sound, particularly from a bell tolled to announce a death or the end of something. Which is kind of depressing. From the Old English cnyll, meaning “sound made by a bell when struck or rung slowly,” comes our modern day knell.
KNELL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of knell in English. knell. noun [ S ] us / nel / uk / nel / Add to word list. a death knell. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre.
1. the sound of a bell rung to announce a death or a funeral. 2. something that precipitates or indicates death or destruction. vb. 3. ( intr) to ring a knell. 4. ( tr) to proclaim or announce by or as if by a tolling bell.
1. the sound of a bell rung to announce a death or a funeral. 2. something that precipitates or indicates death or destruction. verb. 3. (intransitive) to ring a knell. 4. (transitive) to proclaim or announce by or as if by a tolling bell.
Knell definition: To ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; toll.
