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Ring

/ɹɪŋ/

(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.

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📖 Definitions of "Ring"

noun

1
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2
(physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
3
A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
"onion rings"
4
A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.

verb

1
To enclose or surround.
"The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas."
2
To make an incision around; to girdle.
"They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year."
3
To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
"We managed to ring 22 birds this morning."
4
To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
"to ring a pig’s snout"

🔄 Synonyms of "Ring"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
resoundverb	(intransitive) Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise.
echonoun	A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
callverb	(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
reverberateverb	(intransitive) Of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces; to echo or re-echo, to resound.
bandnoun	A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
pealnoun	A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
roundnoun	(physical) Of shape:
environnoun	To encircle or surround (someone or something).
circlenoun	(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
annulusnoun	A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
surroundverb	(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
encircleverb	(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
gangnoun	A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
ringingnoun	The sound of something that rings.
packnoun	A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
hoopnoun	A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
tintinnabulationnoun	The ringing of bells.
doughnutnoun	A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
anulusnoun	a toroidal shape
phonenoun	A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
call upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
anchor ringnoun	(geometry, dated) A torus.
telephonenoun	(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
closed chainnoun	(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
halonoun	A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

↔️ Antonyms of "Ring"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
open chainnoun	a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ring"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
bandnoun	A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
hoopnoun	A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
packnoun	A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
encircleverb	(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
surroundnoun	(British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
environnoun	(archaic except in the plural, formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
knellnoun	The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
tintinnabulationnoun	The ringing of bells.
pealnoun	A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
annulusnoun	A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
roundnoun	A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
gangnoun	A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
resoundnoun	(countable) An echoing or reverberating sound; a resounding.
reverberateverb	(intransitive) Of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces; to echo or re-echo, to resound.
echonoun	A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
mobnoun	A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
call upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
halonoun	A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
anchor ringnoun	(geometry, dated) A torus.
doughnutnoun	A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.