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Rings

/ɹɪŋz/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Rings"

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"

noun

1
The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
"The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley."
2
A pleasant or correct sound.
"The name has a nice ring to it."
3
A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
"Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood."
4
A telephone call.
"I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands."

verb

1
Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
"The bells were ringing in the town."
2
To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
"The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel."
3
To produce (a sound) by ringing.
"They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells."
4
To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
"Whose mobile phone is ringing?"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rings"

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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.