carol

[US]/'kær(ə)l/
[UK]/'kærəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Christmas song of joy and praise
vi. Sing Christmas songs of joy and praise.
Word Forms
Past Tensecarolled
Present Participlecarolling
Third Person Singularcarols
Pluralcarols
Past Participlecarolled

Phrases & Collocations

Christmas carol

sing carols

festive carol

traditional carol

Example Sentences

singing carols around the Christmas tree.

Carol was at the coffee machine, stoking up for the day.

strange to say, I didn't really like carol singers.

She used to carol cheerfully every morning.

Crandell, Carol Flexer, Joseph J.

Carol, did you bake the cake for Jim's party?

The carol has a primitive strength and haunting simplicity.

Silent Night is my favourite carol.

Carol would never steal anything—she’s as straight as a die.

Carol: Yeah, I know what caviler means.

After years of dieting, Carol’s metabolism was completely out of whack.

The company's salesman has been caroling its glories for many years.

Carol: Well, gee, we never go to the movies on weeknights.

Carol went in and told the boss he wasn’t doing his job properly. She’s certainly got a lot of bottle!

Carol appeared to lead a charmed life, with her successful career in television, money and a happy home life.

Carol: Presumably important enough to make us miss Cross Fire with Pat Buchanan and Pewee Herman.

Radio and TV stations popularise Christmas by broadcasting Christmas carols and Christmas songs, including classical music such as the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's The Messiah.

Real-world Examples

We sing Christmas carols, eat, share the Christmas story.

Source: Volume 4

His most daring innovation, though, was to commission a new carol every year.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Already in the 1850s they had singing groups singing Christmas carols at Christmas.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

" If Your Majesty permits, I have many joyous carols to offer from my homeland as well."

Source: Listening to Movies to Learn English Selected

We sang Christmas carols happily, laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats and laughed again.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 1)

I mean, what's with them tossing out candy canes after every carol? It's pandering.

Source: Modern Family - Season 01

Well, of course fat carol is eating one.

Source: Ugly Betty Season 1

It is the sound of carols.

Source: Kids vocabulary video version

They both listen to Christmas carols on the radio.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Traditionally this quiet is broken by carolling.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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