knell

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
2. verb To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
3. verb To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
4. noun The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
5. noun A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

Similar words

ring funeral toll memorial voice ruling statement glass sentence judgment

Often followed by

of for to in is was and on that

Word family

knelled knelling knells