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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Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Most of Lucy Boynton’s beauty references the 1960s, and this doll-like bob screams modern mod.
—Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 27 May 2026
Fennell skips over the ceremony, to a scene of Cathy alone at a banquet table where Edgar’s clingy ward, Isabella (Alison Oliver), gives her the wedding gift of a Cathy doll, installed in a dollhouse identical to her new home.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
Still, her figures’ blond-and-rose bodies continue to effortlessly capture our eye in their baby-doll come-hitherness.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doll. Accessed 31 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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