PEAL


Meaning of PEAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pi:l ]

( peals, pealing, pealed)

1.

When bells peal , they ring one after another, making a musical sound.

Church bells pealed at the stroke of midnight.

VERB : V

Peal is also a noun.

...the great peal of the Abbey bells.

N-COUNT

2.

A peal of laughter or thunder consists of a long, loud series of sounds.

I heard a peal of merry laughter.

N-COUNT : oft N of n

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