ring

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1. band, wedding band, engagement or diamond ring, symbol of love; earring, bracelet, armlet, anklet; loop, eye, eyelet; grommet, becket, ferrule, washer.

2. circle, circlet, round, roundlet, roundel, disk, an-nulus, annulation, hoop, noose, Archaic. orb; belt, girdle, girth, sash, waistband, cummerbund, cestus, baldric, Archaic. zone, Poetic. cincture; wristband, cuff, Eccles. maniple, handcuff, manacle; collar, col-larband, torque, tore, neckband, necklace; headband, ribbon, frontlet, fillet, hatband, sweatband; crown, wreath, garland, coronet, diadem, halo, corona, aureole, nimbus; circuit, stripe, strip, streak, striation, line, bar, Archit. annulet, Archit. bandelet, Archit. square and rabbet; coil, spiral, whorl, volution.

3. gang, mob, syndicate; bloc, cartel, combination, Inf. combine, monopoly, Commerce. trust; camorra, camarilla, junto, cabal, confederacy, secret society; sect, faction, order, side, party, (in China) tong; coterie, clique, clan, knot, set, Inf. crowd, in crowd, Inf. bunch; club, society, lodge, guild, fraternity, brotherhood, sorority, sisterhood, sodality, community, school; company, troop, troupe, team, crew, pack; group, league, alliance, union, coalition, confederation, federation, association, affiliation, organization, Bund, Ger. Verein.

4. arena, rink, circus, pit, cockpit, lists, Gk. Antiquity. palestra; field, track, gridiron, course, turf; gymnasium, auditorium, stage, platform; amphitheater, bowl, coliseum, hippodrome, stadium, bear garden.

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5. encircle, circle, loop, belt, girdle, gird, compass, Archaic. orb; circumscribe, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent, span, travel or go around; surround, environ, ensphere, encompass, engird, envelop, embrace; enclose, close off, hem in, hedge in, fence in, confine; barricade, blockade, block off.

6. coil, wind, spiral; curl, loop, eddy, gurge; rotate, revolve, whirl, twirl, reel, wheel, spin, gyrate, swivel, pivot, pirouette, circumrotate, circumvolve, turn around.

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1. toll, peal, chime, ding, dong; jingle, tinkle, clink; clang, jangle, twang; resound, reverberate, echo, reecho, resonate, vibrate, trill.

2. knoll, knell, herald, signal, signalize, annunciate, usher in or out, celebrate, commemorate, honor, hymn; sing out, cry out, yell, shout from the rooftops, proclaim, announce, broadcast, advertise, make known; blare, trumpet, bruit, fill the air.

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3. peal, knoll, knell, chime, ding, dong, ding-dong, ringing; tintinnabulation, tinkle, jingle, clink; clang, clangor, jangle, twang; sounding, sound, reverberation, resonance, echoing, vibration.