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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024knoll1 /noʊl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographya small, rounded hill.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024knoll1 (nōl),USA pronunciation n. - Geographya small, rounded hill or eminence;
hillock.
- bef. 900; Middle English cnol, Old English cnoll; cognate with Norwegian knoll hillock; akin to Dutch knol turnip, Icelandic knollur, German Knollen, Danish knold tuber
- to ring or toll a bell for;
announce by tolling. - to ring or toll (a bell).
v.i. - to sound, as a bell;
ring. - to sound a knell.
n. - a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.
- 1350–1400; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal); variant of knell
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