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knoll

1 American  
[nohl] / noʊl /

noun

  1. a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.

knoll 2 American  
[nohl] / noʊl /

verb (used with object)

  1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling.

  2. to ring or toll (a bell).

verb (used without object)

  1. to sound, as a bell; ring.

  2. to sound a knell.

noun

  1. a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.

knoll 1 British  
/ nəʊl /

noun

  1. a small rounded hill

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knoll 2 British  
/ nəʊl /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect word for knell

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Other Word Forms

  • knoller noun
  • knolly adjective

Etymology

Origin of knoll1

before 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll; cognate with Norwegian knoll hillock; akin to Dutch knol turnip, Icelandic knollur, German Knollen, Danish knold tuber

Origin of knoll2

1350–1400; Middle English (noun and v.); variant of knell

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