knoll1
/nəʊl
/noun
A small hill or mound: a grassy knoll...
- This walk follows a circular route around an irregularly shaped tarn, through broadleaf woodland and shady conifers and across grassy knolls nibbled by sheep.
- The species also extends to several of the rocky knolls in the area.
- Ahead were more hills, more little valleys, more slopes and hollows and knolls.
Synonyms
hillock, mound, rise, hummock, hill, hump, knob, tor, tump, barrow, outcrop, bank, ridge, dune, elevation, acclivity, eminence;
Geology drumlin;
Scottish brae;
South African koppie
Origin
Old English cnoll 'hilltop', of Germanic origin; related to German Knolle 'clod, lump, tuber' and Dutch knol 'tuber, turnip'.
Rhymes
knoll2
/nəʊl/verb & noun
Archaic form of knell.
Origin
Middle English: probably an imitative alteration of knell.