knell
An owl...believed to be screaming as the death of Duncan took place. Also could be the bell that Lady Macbeth rings as a signal for Macbeth to commit the murder. "The bell invites me; hear it not Duncan for it is a knell that summons thee to Heaven or to Hell."
Duncan's death technically occurs off-stage, in Act 2 between Scenes 1 and 2. Macbeth states at the end of 1.1 "I go, and it is done. The bell invites me./Here it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell." (1.1.63-65) When 2.2 opens, Macbeth has already killed Duncan, and is giving the news to Lady Macbeth.
The word Gordon does not appear in Macbeth or any of Shakespeare's works.
that the word Macbeth is cursed because an actor died in his play
It means to squeeze.
The definition for knell is the sound made by a bell. It typically describes the sound of a bell that is rung for a funeral or death.
knell
The word knell has one syllable.
Knell is the sounding of a bell, particularly a church bell for a funeral.
She rings a bell. Macbeth says, "the bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell."
At 2pm came the death knell for Simon Smith
At noon we heard the bells that were the death knell in memory of the fire victims.
That is the correct spelling of "knell" (clock tolling sound). The similar word is "kneel" (to go down on a knee).
The anagram is "knell" (a sound).
Rebecca Knell's birth name is Rebecca Haley Knell.
That knell was long anticipated by even the simplest of the townfolk. I will sound the knell.