knoll.
A small mound or rounded hill.
Meaning & usage
A small mound or rounded hill.
grassy knoll
A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta. Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).
A knell.
Where this word comes from
Imitative, or variant of knell.
To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
To call (someone, to church) by sounding or making a knell (as a bell, a trumpet, etc).
Where this word comes from
Imitative, or variant of knell.
To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.
Where this word comes from
Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.
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