knoll
pronunciation
How to pronounce knoll in British English:
UK [nəʊl]
How to pronounce knoll in American English:
US [noʊl]
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- Noun:
- a small natural hill
Word Origin
- knoll (n.)
- Old English cnoll "hilltop, small hill, clod, ball," related to Old Norse knollr "hilltop;" German knolle "clod, lump;" Dutch knol "turnip," nol "a hill."
Example
- 1. A slight knoll in the grass shows where the temporary railway line once ran .
- 2. If you were looking for hot growth stocks , you would probably find icon of interest but drop knoll like a hot potato .
- 3. Knoll asked me , " you probably only noticed the odd lighting in the interior scenes , not in the outdoors scenes , right ? "
- 4. Knoll and tosca also say the finding doesn 't rule out the possibility that less salty waters once flowed on the planet .
- 5. The new findings are a nice confirmation that under the right conditions , at least some nonmineralized parts of arthropods can be preserved , says andrew knoll , a paleontologist at harvard university .