1. knell

noun. ['ˈnɛl'] the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.

Rhymes with Knell

• antipersonell
• industrielle
• aix-la-chapelle
• marcantel
• mademoiselle
• sanmiguel
• materiel
• jeanmichele
• esquivel
• esquibel
• clientele
• carrasquel
• carbonell
• anfal
• ransdell
• quesnel
• postrelle
• personnel
• nepl
• montiel
• mirabel
• lyondell
• get-well
• gabriele
• futrell
• frenzel
• dantrell
• cantrelle
• cantrell
• bandshell

Sentences with knell

1. Noun, singular or mass
Losing one leg or even a claw is not a death knell for the crab.

Quotes about knell

1. Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
- Garrison Keillor

2. Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that doth fade,But doth suffer a sea-changeInto something rich and strange.Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest

2. knell

verb. ['ˈnɛl'] ring as in announcing death.

3. knell

verb. ['ˈnɛl'] make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification.