noel — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

communist

NOEL + NOUN

christmas, ignatiev, nothing

PREP.

down, in, on

ADV.

absolutely, away, noisily

Definitions

name

1

Christmas.

name

1

A male given name from French.

When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."

Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether this destruction refers to only a white race category or to all white-skinned people.

2

A female given name from French.

3

A surname originating as a patronymic.

4

A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.

5

A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

noun

1

Acronym of no observed effect level.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me No

Wiktionary

02

Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously

Wiktionary

03

The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]

Wiktionary

04

And may all my enemies go to hell! / Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!

Wiktionary

05

Four of my favorite Christmas carols are "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "The First Noel" and "Away in the Manger."

Tatoeba · #684586

06

Did Noel come down on the price?

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, noel is marked as dated, literary, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.