1
: a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
Examples of doll in a Sentence
My aunt collects porcelain dolls.
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
The color is less clean girl and more Old Hollywood ingenue, doe-y and doll-like.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Little girls in fusty dresses tend to a fleet of baby dolls.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
The package includes a milk-and-cookie welcome amenity, a take-home American Girl Bed (including special turndown service), and a T-shirt for the doll.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doll
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doll. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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doll
noun
ˈdäl 
ˈdȯl
1
: a small figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
a
: a pretty young woman
b
: an attractive person
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