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Meaning of "death bell" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH BELL

death bell  [dɛθ bɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH BELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Death bell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEATH BELL


barbell
ˈbɑːˌbɛl
bel
bɛl
bell
bɛl
belle
bɛl
bluebell
ˈbluːˌbɛl
cascabel
ˈkæskəˌbɛl
cowbell
ˈkaʊˌbɛl
decibel
ˈdɛsɪˌbɛl
Dobell
dəʊˈbɛl
dumbbell
ˈdʌmˌbɛl
gabelle
ɡæˈbɛl
handbell
ˈhændˌbɛl
harebell
ˈhɛəˌbɛl
Isabel
ˈɪzəˌbɛl
Isobel
ˈɪzəʊbɛl
Jezebel
ˈdʒɛzəˌbɛl
mirabelle
ˈmɪrəˌbɛl
Nobel
nəʊˈbɛl
rebel
rɪˈbɛl
snowbell
ˈsnəʊˌbɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH BELL

death adder
death angel
death benefit
death blow
death by chocolate
death by misadventure
death camass
death camp
death cap
death cell
death certificate
death cup
death duties
death duty
death futures
death grant
death house
death knell
death march
death mask

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH BELL

bicycle bell
bonnibell
Campbell
Canterbury bell
dinner bell
diving bell
division bell
doorbell
Lutine bell
mortbell
passing bell
ring a bell
ring the bell
sacring bell
Sanctus bell
shark bell
silver bell
sleigh bell
sound as a bell
Spanish bluebell

Synonyms and antonyms of death bell in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «death bell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH BELL

Find out the translation of death bell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death bell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death bell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丧钟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campana de la muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

death bell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत की घंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرس الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смерть колокол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sino morte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যু ঘন্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mort cloche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loceng kematian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totenglocke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死の鐘
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음 의 종소리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati bell
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuông chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரணம் மணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू घंटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölüm çanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campana morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śmierć dzwon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смерть дзвін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clopot moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θάνατο καμπάνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood klok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

död klocka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

død bjelle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death bell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH BELL»

The term «death bell» is regularly used and occupies the 66.804 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH BELL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «death bell» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «death bell» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death bell

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH BELL»

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La Belle assemblée: or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine
J. E. __~ mt DEATH BELL. THE death .bell ! oh, the death bell ! how awfully its tone Declares the wreck of human hopes, and a spirit newly flown; Telling of many an aching heart and many a broken tie, And breathing to the list'ner's ear, “ Thou, ...
2
Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; ...
J. F. THE DEATH BELL. The death bell ! oh, the death bell ! how awfully its tone Declares the wreck of human hopes, and a spirit newly flown ; Telling of many an aching heart and many a broken tie, And breathing to the listener's ear, " Thou, ...
3
Impressions at home and abroad; or, A year of real life
As we drove up the hill, by the side of the Castle,a sound, solemn and imposing at all times disturbed the noiseless solitude that wrapt this quiet scene — It was the death bell tolling trom the cathedral — What a volume does that knell contain!
James Roderick O'Flanagan, 1837
4
Current Superstitions
Of this ringing the term “death-bell” is used. It may be said by a country woman: “ Oh! I have heard a death-bell!” or, “What a death-bell in my ear! You will hear of a death before the week is out.” In case of a sudden death, such a person might ...
William Wells Newell
5
Verdi's 'Il Trovatore': The Quintessential Italian Melodrama
Almost simultaneously with the death bell Leonora hears a prayer for the dead chanted by monks offstage, which is unaccompanied but for the bell. Their music is written in a homophonic, choral style whose syllabic setting and harmonic idiom ...
Martin Chusid, 2012
6
The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore: Vol. VII: ...
The utilization of the dirt from one's footsteps or tracks is well known, of course, in conjury of all kinds. Death Bell, Singing, Noises 4910 Ringing in the ears is the tolling of the death bell. Louise Lucas, White Oak, Bladen county, and the Green  ...
Newman Ivey White, Wayland D. Hand, 1977
7
Leaves of Grass, a Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems: ...
Steady the trot to the cemetery, duly rattles the death-bell, The gate is pass'd, the new-dug grave is halted at, the living alight, the hearse 40 uncloses, The coffin is pass'd out, lower'd and settled, the whip is laid on the coffin, the earth is swiftly ...
Walt Whitman, Gilbert Achcar, Sculley Bradley, 2007
8
The Literary Geminæ: A Monthly Magazine in English and French
THE VILLAGE DEATH-BELL. WITH the death-bell of my native village are connected some of the most affecting remembrances of my life; and now, while I write, they array the past; the mournful past before me, with all its harrowing ...
9
Korean Horror Cinema
Released in the summer of2008, the high—school horror film Death Bell (Gosa, Yoon Hong—seung) did tremendous business at the South Korean box office. Made by a former music video director, the film follows an elite group of stu— dents, ...
Alison Peirse, Daniel Martin (Professor of Film Studies), 2013
10
Ghosts Along the Cumberland: Deathlore in the Kentucky Foothills
It was reported a total of four times from Taylor County in 1966 ("This is the sound of death," claimed an informant), once from an Adair County resident in 1963 (" This is called the death bell"), and once from a resident of Metcalfe County in ...
William Lynwood Montell, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH BELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term death bell is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ji Chang Wook Plays A Game Addict In His New Film
Ji previously appeared in the films "Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp," "Sleeping Beauty," and "How To Use Guys With Secret Tips" he was hard to ... «KDramaStars, Jul 15»
2
Pensioners to hold onto houses
"This might just ring the death bell on the days where an empty-nester couple chooses to downsize from the family home to something more ... «Money Management, Jul 15»
3
New rules ... the age pension changes will squeeze some retirees …
“This might just ring the death bell on the days where an empty-nester couple chooses to downsize from the family home to something more ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
4
'Shuddhi' Star Varun Dhawan Not Replacing Salman Khan in New …
When he had to step aside, it looked like the death bell had been sounded. In came Dhawan and Bhatt, and then Salman came on board for it. «Classicalite, Jun 15»
5
Man Acquitted in Slaying of Woman in Front of Her Children
Michael Nealy, the man convicted of stabbing to death Bell's friend Jakari Butler in a large fight in the Colonial Village Apartments, is appealing ... «NBC4 Washington, Jun 15»
6
FFRP fundraiser Alese Bell dies in San Luis Obispo hospital
Alese Bell also loved gardening, and according to caregiver Cuca Roach, shortly before her death Bell had purchased many flowers to plant in ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, May 15»
7
Tristin Hopper: How I almost voted after being an Albertan for five days
On Election Day, as thousands of Albertans went to the polls to ring the death bell of the Progressive Conservatives, I showed up to an ... «National Post, May 15»
8
Lawyers to sue EC for blocking Anwar's vote in Permatang Pauh
“When you start touching a citizen's basic right like this, you are already sounding the death bell for democracy,” he added. In a legal demand ... «Malay Mail Online, May 15»
9
Indonesia's Anti-corruption Commission Draws Fire
... judge to overturn his suspect status and have the KPK's investigation stopped, then we can almost hear the death bell of the anti-graft war. «Voice of America, Apr 15»
10
New Truck Stop Coming To Valley
He's not sure if this marks growth or rings the death bell for Valley. “You don't know until it happens because a lot of people won't make that ... «WOWT, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Death bell [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/death-bell>. Apr 2024 ».
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