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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Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
Her makeup, expertly crafted by Suzy Clarke, was pared back in comparison, comprised of doll-like blush and doe eyes.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Olivia Rodrigo’s baby-doll dress was a Rorschach test, Valerie Trapp writes.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
But when it got shortened to Izzy and the plush dolls started coming out, everyone became a little more endearing to this representative of the 1996 Olympics.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doll. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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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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