Definitions for knollnoʊl

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knollnoʊl(n.)

  1. a small, rounded hill or mound.

    Category: Geography (terms)

Origin of knoll:

bef. 900; ME cnol, OE cnoll, c. MD, MHG knolle clod, ON knollr summit

knoll′y(adj.)

knoll*noʊl

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

  2. to ring or toll (a bell).

  3. (v.i.)to sound, as a bell; ring.

  4. to sound a knell.

  5. (n.)a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.

* Archaic..

Origin of knoll:

1350–1400; ME (n. and v.); alter. of knell

knoll′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock(noun)

    a small natural hill

Webster Dictionary

  1. Knoll(noun)

    a little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill

  2. Knoll(verb)

    to ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing

  3. Knoll(verb)

    to sound, as a bell; to knell

  4. Knoll(noun)

    the tolling of a bell; a knell


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