| n. | 1. | A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell{1}. |
| 2. | A sign or harbinger of the end, death, or passing away of anything. |
| Noun | 1. | death knell - an omen of death or destruction |
| 2. | death knell - a bell rung to announce a death Synonyms: death bell |