Knoll

Word KNOLL
Character 5
Hyphenation knoll
Pronunciations /nəʊl/

Definitions and meanings of "Knoll"

What do we mean by knoll?

To ring mournfully; knell. intransitive verb

To ring or sound (a bell, for example) mournfully; knell. intransitive verb

A knell. noun

A small rounded hill or mound; a hillock. noun

The ringing of a bell: as, the curfew knoll. noun

To ring, as a bell; especially, to ring slowly, for or as for a funeral; toll; knell.

To ring or sound a knell for; warn or draw by the sound of a bell.

To sound, as a bell; ring.

The top or crown of a hill; more generally, a small, gently rounded hill or mount. noun

A turnip. noun

To sound, as a bell; to knell. intransitive verb

A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. noun

The tolling of a bell; a knell. noun

To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. transitive verb

A small mound or rounded hill. noun

A knell. noun

To ring (a bell) mournfully: to knell. verb

A small natural hill noun

A small mound or rounded hill.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Knoll

  • Antonyms for knoll
  • Knoll antonyms not found!

The word "knoll" in example sentences

This piece which I own, consisting of nearly 20 acres on top of a knoll, is just 15 minutes from the nearest town yet has unobstructed views extending at least 30 miles in every direction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Love the vintage farah slacks and penny loafers our shooter from the grassy knoll is wearing on front cover. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A sun on wand in knoll of sand she showed, i. 217; x. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“A sun (face) on wand (neck) in knoll of sand (hips) she showed” etc, ❋ Unknown (2006)

At last the whole cloud falls down over a knoll – all at once – the next instant the knoll is entirely covered with gray larks, pretty red-gray-white bullfinches, speckled starlings and greenish yellow titmice. ❋ Unknown (1922)

When it comes to American healthcare, the biggest grassy knoll is right where you’d expect to find it - in suburbia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Re: When it comes to American healthcare, the biggest grassy knoll is right where you’d expect to find it - in suburbia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It sat on what she would have termed a knoll rather than a hill, with the front slope tamed into step-down terraces decked with shrubs she imagined put on a hell of a show in the spring and summer. ❋ Roberts, Nora (2007)

The buildings on the knoll were a gray-black stain with flickers of light here and there. ❋ Norton, Andre (1986)

Of the 720 acres within the city limits, 270 acres lie at a considerable height above the river and constitute what are known as the knoll or uplands of Hoboken. ❋ Various (N/A)

Hugo was firing vaguely, like a man in a dream, and thinking that maybe up there on the knoll were the two Browns he had met on the road and perhaps their comrades were as fond of them as he was of Eugene. ❋ Frederick Palmer (1915)

On the reverse slope of another knoll was the farmhouse, marked X on his map as the regimental headquarters, where he was to watch for the signal to fall back from his first stand in delaying the enemy's advance. ❋ Frederick Palmer (1915)

Upon a knoll was a small square building with a battlement round it. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1906)

The knoll was a symmetrical hill situated at the mouth of the three canyons. ❋ Zane Grey (1905)

Just over the brow of the knoll was a large pine stump. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)

The knoll was the old Aramaic Golgotha-in Latin, Calvaria; anglicized, Calvary; translated, The Skull. ❋ Unknown (1901)

Probably Miss Lambart and Sir Maurice enjoyed the life at the knoll even more than the children, for the felicity of lovers is the highest felicity, and the knoll is the ideal place for them. ❋ Edgar Jepson (1900)

Keeping vigilant watch, they labored far into the night until the camp on the knoll was a hard nut to crack, with its surrounding ditch and palisade of logs behind which a man could lie and shoot. ❋ Ralph Delahaye Paine (1898)

At the foot of the knoll was a ditch of black mud. ❋ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1877)

Cross Reference for Knoll

  • Knoll cross reference not found!

What does knoll mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews