knoll

knoll ¹

 (nōl)

n.

A small rounded hill or mound; a hillock.

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[Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll.]

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knoll ²

 (nōl) Archaic

v. knolled, knoll·ing, knolls

v.intr.

To ring mournfully; knell.

v.tr.

To ring or sound (a bell, for example) mournfully; knell.

n.

A knell.

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[Middle English knollen, probably alteration of knellen, to knell; see knell.]

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knoll

(nəʊl)

n

(Physical Geography) a small rounded hill

[Old English cnoll; compare Old Norse knollr hilltop]

ˈknolly adj

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knoll

(nəʊl)

n, vb

an archaic or dialect word for knell

ˈknoller n

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knoll¹

(noʊl)

n.

a small, rounded hill or mound.

[before 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll, c. Middle Dutch, Middle High German knolle clod, Old Norse knollr summit]

knoll′y, adj.

knoll²

(noʊl)
Archaic. v.t.

1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling.

2. to ring or toll (a bell).

v.i.

3. to sound, as a bell; ring.

4. to sound a knell.

n.

5. a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.

[1350–1400; Middle English (n. and v.); alter. of knell]

knoll′er, n.

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knoll

- The summit or rounded top of a mountain or hill, it seems to derive from Old Teutonic knoo-lo, meaning "ball, clod, knot."

See also related terms for summit.

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knoll

Past participle: knolled
Gerund: knolling

Imperative

knoll

knoll

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

knoll - a small natural hill       hammock, hillock, hummock, mound anthill, formicary - a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" kopje, koppie - a small hill rising up from the African veld molehill - a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing

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knoll

hillock

noun hill, swell, mound, barrow, hummock a grassy knoll

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Translations

kumpare

poggio

knoll

[nəʊl] N → otero m, montículo m

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knoll

n → Hügel m, → Kuppe f

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knoll

[nəʊl] n → poggio

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