knell

knell is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
3. transitive verb. To summon, as by a knell.
4. noun. the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
5. verb. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

   "Ring the bells"

   "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

   Synonyms: ring

6. verb. ring as in announcing death

Synonyms

ring

Common word forms

knells, knelled, knelling

Words from these letters

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