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- Dictionaryknoll/nəʊl/
noun
- 1. the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.
verb
- 1. (of a bell) ring solemnly; knell.
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: a small round hill : mound. knoll. 2 of 2. verb. knolled; knolling; knolls. archaic. : knell. Examples of knoll in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. The left arm heads up a craggy knoll for a short trek to an overlook above Paloma Community Park, a nice little diversion.
noun [ C ] us / noʊl / uk / nəʊl / Add to word list. a small low hill with a rounded top: a grassy knoll. Synonyms. hillock. hummock literary. mound. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: hills & mountains. acclivity. alpine tundra. clifftop. esker. highlands. hillock. Marilyn. mesa. mid-ocean ridge. motte. Mount Kilimanjaro.
a small low hill with a rounded top: a grassy knoll. Synonyms. hillock. hummock literary. mound. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: hills & mountains. acclivity. alpine tundra. clifftop. craggy. esker. highlands. hillock. Marilyn. mesa. mid-ocean ridge. motte. Mount Kilimanjaro. pike. scarp. slope. spur. steep.
A knoll is a small hill or mound of earth, which makes a shady knoll a perfect spot for a summer picnic. The word knoll is associated with the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was shot in Dallas just as his motorcade passed a grassy knoll.
Knoll definition: a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.. See examples of KNOLL used in a sentence.
countable noun. A knoll is a low hill with gentle slopes and a rounded top. [literary] ...a grassy knoll. ...on Nibley Knoll. Synonyms: hillock, hill, swell, mound More Synonyms of knoll. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling. 2. to ring or toll (a bell). v.i. 3. to sound, as a bell; ring. 4. to sound a knell. n. 5. a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling. [1350–1400; Middle English (n. and v.); alter. of knell] knoll′er, n.
Two officers were standing on the knoll, directing the men. This attitude was welcome to neither faction, and for some days the position of the new arrivals on the little knoll of Kampala was very precarious. The heavy guns that had been brought from the fortress were placed in position on this hill, and opened fire (7 A.M.) on the knoll, 1400 yds.
knoll meaning, definition, what is knoll: a small round hill: Learn more.
Knoll definition: . See examples of KNOLL used in a sentence.
