KNOLL
What does "KNOLL" mean?
A small, rounded hill or mound.
Meanings
- A small natural rise of ground; a low rounded hill. They spread the blanket on a grassy knoll above the river.
Did you know?
- An ordinary word for a small hill, 'knoll', entered the global vocabulary of suspicion after 1963: the 'grassy knoll' in Dallas became shorthand for an unseen second gunman.
Word origin
From Old English 'cnoll' (hilltop, summit), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German dialect words for a knob or lump.
Remember it
KNOLL = KNOB + roLL; a knoll is the land's small rounded knob.
A little poem
A green swell of earth-
too low to be called a hill,
too kind to be flat.
haiku
What it teaches
Even the smallest rise gives you a wider view; you do not need a mountain to see further.
Quick facts
What does KNOLL mean?
A small, rounded hill or mound.
Is KNOLL a valid word?
Yes — KNOLL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KNOLL?
KNOLL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does KNOLL come from?
From Old English 'cnoll' (hilltop, summit), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German dialect words for a knob or lump.
What can KNOLL teach us?
Even the smallest rise gives you a wider view; you do not need a mountain to see further.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.