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knoll ¹  (nl)

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  (nl) 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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knoll¹

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small rounded hill

[Old English cnoll; compare Old Norse knollr hilltop]

knolly  adj

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knoll²

n & vb

an archaic or dialect word for knell

knoller  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.

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

Translations

knoll [nəʊl] N → otero m, montículo m

knoll

n → Hügel m, → Kuppe f

knoll [nəʊl] n → poggio