Meaning & use
Dong
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A deep, resonant ringing sound made by a large bell.
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The clock tower let out a single dong at noon.
We heard the dong of the ship's bell through the fog.
A note on using this word
Imitative in origin, echoing the low sound of a struck bell; unrelated to its second sense as the basic monetary unit of Vietnam.
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2. noun
The basic monetary unit of Vietnam.
The meal cost about eighty thousand dong.
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