knoll
1 of 2noun
ˈnōl 
: a small round hill : mound
knoll
2 of 2verb
knolled; knolling; knolls
archaic
: knell
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022 Wiejkowo’s Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop a small round knoll. Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022 Wiejkowo's Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop a small round knoll. Monika Scislowska, ajc, 31 July 2022 After 10:00 am, the strikers dispersed to the adjacent eucalyptus knoll. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 Atop a hill in the eucalyptus knoll across the street, a striker in a beret and smock stood at an easel painting a landscape of the ordeal. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 Though lacking in sand, this grassy knoll overlooking Storrow Drive nevertheless provides the perfect place for a beach read, with the sound of cars rushing past easily mistaken for waves crashing onto the shore. Maya Homan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 The city of Poughkeepsie is enmeshed in a similar battle over the fate of a 2.2-acre grassy knoll with a 163-year-old mansion and sweeping views of the Hudson River. New York Times, 12 May 2022 On social media, fire crews and witnesses posted dramatic photos and videos of orange flames roaring through the upper level of the three-story hotel that sits atop a grassy knoll on Route 16. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2022 See More
Noun
Works Progress Administration crews built a stone shelter house on a knoll, dredged a 900-acre basin for a lake, and began planting trees to control rampant erosion. Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022 Wiejkowo’s Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop a small round knoll. Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022 Wiejkowo's Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop a small round knoll. Monika Scislowska, ajc, 31 July 2022 After 10:00 am, the strikers dispersed to the adjacent eucalyptus knoll. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 Atop a hill in the eucalyptus knoll across the street, a striker in a beret and smock stood at an easel painting a landscape of the ordeal. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 Though lacking in sand, this grassy knoll overlooking Storrow Drive nevertheless provides the perfect place for a beach read, with the sound of cars rushing past easily mistaken for waves crashing onto the shore. Maya Homan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 The city of Poughkeepsie is enmeshed in a similar battle over the fate of a 2.2-acre grassy knoll with a 163-year-old mansion and sweeping views of the Hudson River. New York Times, 12 May 2022 On social media, fire crews and witnesses posted dramatic photos and videos of orange flames roaring through the upper level of the three-story hotel that sits atop a grassy knoll on Route 16. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop
Verb
Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
knoll
noun
ˈnōl
: a small round hill
knoll
noun
as in mountain
a small hill a grassy knoll Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mountain
- hillock
- foothill
- hummock
- table
- upland
- highland
- eminence
- ridge
- butte
- mound
- knob
- tableland
- prominence
- mesa
- elevation
- cliff
- plateau
- mount
- sierra
- bluff
- alp
- hump
- precipice
- steep
- peak
- crag
- tor
- altitude(s)
- height
- rise
- dome
- downs
- sugarloaf
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- valley
- glen
- ravine
- dale
- vale
- hollow
- canyon
- dell
- depression
- gorge
- plain
- flat
- basin
- bottom
- bottomland
- dingle
- floodplain
- fen
- tidewater
- lowland