noun
knoll
nohl
noun
1
A small, rounded hill or mound.
"They spread the picnic blanket on a grassy knoll overlooking the lake."
How to Use Knoll
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small hill.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
a grassy knoll
a small knoll
Word Forms
knolled past tense, knolled past tense, knolls plural, knolls plural, knolls singular, knolls singular
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Etymology
From Old English cnoll, "summit," related to a Germanic root meaning "lump."