toll
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6.3
- noun
- /toʊl/
- The toll of the bell...
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Watch on YouTubeIn Spain, they try to eat a single grape for each of the toll of the bell at the midnight.
- In Spain, they try to eat a single grape for each of the toll of the bell at the midnight.
Examples
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For whom does the bell toll? he asked rhetorically.
Academic text (1991) -
Far off, I heard a bell toll, then in the corridor, shuffling.
Fiction book (2000) -
"All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing when they heard the bell toll for poor cock Robin!"
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As the great theologian John Donne wrote: it doesn't matter for whom the bell tolls.
Fiction book (1996) -
I could hear the toll of the church bell echoing through the quiet village.
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As the clock struck midnight, the toll rang out, signaling the end of the old year.
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During the funeral, the soft toll of the bell marked the somber occasion.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sound a bell or phone makes when struck
35
5.8
A deep sound a large bell or clock makes when it rings
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4.2
Clear ringing sounds that bells make
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1.0
A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit
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1.7
A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells
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9.9
A slow, sad bell sound that announces a death, funeral, or the end of something
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1.0
A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object
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3.6
A repeated ringing sound a bell makes
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3.3
A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance
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7.7
A deep long sound like thunder or large bells
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9.9
A light ringing sound made by bells or wind chimes
Compounds
- Literature
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3.5
Number of people who have died because of an accident, war, or disaster
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toll for the slow sound of a bell comes from an old English word meaning 'to strike', so it names that slow, repeated ringing you hear at funerals or solemn events.