funeral bell
Mourning chime sounds
A funeral bell is a bell tolled to mark a death or accompany a funeral procession.
The slow, solemn ringing announces mourning to the community.
Figuratively, funeral bells signal endings or doom: The company's bankruptcy was a funeral bell for the industry.
Also called a death knell or passing bell.
- tollingSlow, solemn bell-ringing
- knellSolemn bell stroke
- death knellOmen of ending
- deathCessation of life
- mourningPeriod following loss
last rites · chime · church · church tower · solemn · passing · requiem · somber · cemetery · grief · peal · tower · clang · dirge · procession · hearse · black · slow
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