knoll
knoll · knolls
холм, холмик, бугор, бугорок
Hügel, kleiner Hügel, Hügelchen, Hubbel
A small mound or rounded hillA small mound or rounded hill.
UK/nəʊl/US/noʊl/
» We used to play over by that grassy knoll.
Meaning
3 sensesA small mound or rounded hill.
grassy knoll
Hügel, kleiner Hügel, Hügelchen
холмxolm, хо́лмикxólmik, буго́рbugór
a small natural hill
A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
A knell.
Examples
2 sentencesWe used to play over by that grassy knoll.
Tom was on the grassy knoll with a rifle.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
small mound:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small mound:
Origin
From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Imitative, or variant of knell.
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