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Sound
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noun
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ringing of bells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the sound of a bell ringing--E. A. Poe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ring, ringing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
Narrower terms: bell ringing
History
Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
