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knoll

1

[ nohl ]

noun

  1. a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.


knoll

2

[ nohl ]

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

  1. to sound, as a bell; ring.
  2. to sound a knell.

noun

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

knoll

1

/ nəʊl /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect word for knell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


knoll

2

/ nəʊl /

noun

  1. a small rounded hill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈknoller, noun
  • ˈknolly, adjective
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Other Words From

  • knolly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of knoll1

before 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll; cognate with Norwegian knoll hillock; akin to Dutch knol turnip, Icelandic knollur, German Knollen, Danish knold tuber

Origin of knoll2

1350–1400; Middle English (noun and v.); variant of knell
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Word History and Origins

Origin of knoll1

Old English cnoll; compare Old Norse knollr hilltop
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Example Sentences

She loves to hike and fish just over the knoll in the Desolation Wilderness.

The monument stood on a knoll just off Interstate 65, at the hub of a double ring of 13 Confederate battle flags and 13 Confederate state flags, an enduring embarrassment at the gateway of a city that sees itself as part of the New South.

Those who don’t buy the lone-gunman theory believe someone on the grassy knoll worked as a second sniper, that the Soviets or Cubans or unions — maybe the troika working in concert, even — were behind at least some of the plot.

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Sitting on that knoll of oversized wood chips, I surveyed the way the land unnaturally crested and dipped and plateaued—evidence of large swaths of earth moved here and there.

But it gave us no sensational revelations, no grassy-knoll conspiracy talk.

Context: Cher: “Loadies generally hang on the grassy knoll over there.”

Mind-Blowing Bicycle Magic Trickster Tim Knoll is definitely the new cool kid in town.

The ruin of the Carter house stood upon a knoll, several great elms sheltering it.

It occupies a commanding position on a knoll and is surrounded by a group of fine trees.

Ida saw only a graceful knoll, bounded, except towards the west, by a chain of more imposing eminences.

Rising a little knoll soon after making the third ford, I came suddenly upon the familiar stopping-place of my former journey.

Perched on a knoll in the hills were gay pavilions, and above them glittered a sultan's twin banners, silver and gold.

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