knoll

1 of 2

noun

: a small round hill : mound

knoll

2 of 2

verb

knolled; knolling; knolls
archaic
: knell

Examples of knoll in a Sentence

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Noun
Once Corrin was wrapped and a chunk of time had passed, the actor was spotted on the faux grassy knoll near the Bulleit Whiskey bar taking a quiet time out to make a phone call. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 Mountain vistas make their first appearance at the top of a knoll with jaw-dropping looks at the Hieroglyphic and Wickenburg mountains to the east, the Date Creek and Weaver Mountains to the north and the Bradshaw Mountains on the far northern horizon. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024 After the Fiat rolls down the Spanish Steps like a toddler on a knoll, their places are reversed. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 The grassy knoll and the sun come from an idyllic summer that may have happened only in the imagination. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024 The thefts in Oakland began at about 10 p.m. on the night of Jan. 17, when one or possibly two men drove a car up to a grassy knoll behind the garden on the north side of Lake Merritt. Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024 Beavers, quail, and deer, which haven’t been seen in the area in decades, tiptoe through swampy ponds early in the morning, while migratory birds alight overnight on knolls before flying south. Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024 And this is me in shorts and a T-shirt hiding under a blanket sunning on a grassy knoll and my marmot is with me. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024 His album of the same name, from 2020, is full of glorious Americana, with scenes—from Key West to the Rubicon, the grassy knoll to the city of God—etched by his seasoned delivery. Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023

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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

Time Traveler
The first known use of knoll was before the 12th century

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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knoll. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

knoll

noun
ˈnōl
: a small round hill

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