knoll

IPA: nˈoʊɫ

A small mound or rounded hill.
(oceanography) A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
A knell.
A surname.

(transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
(transitive, intransitive) To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
(transitive) To call (someone, to church) by sounding or making a knell (as a bell, a trumpet, etc).
To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.

Examples of "knoll" in Sentences

A sun on wand in knoll of sand she showed, i. 217; x.
“A sun (face) on wand (neck) in knoll of sand (hips) she showed” etc,
The buildings on the knoll were a gray-black stain with flickers of light here and there.
Love the vintage farah slacks and penny loafers our shooter from the grassy knoll is wearing on front cover.
When it comes to American healthcare, the biggest grassy knoll is right where you’d expect to find it - in suburbia.
Re: When it comes to American healthcare, the biggest grassy knoll is right where you’d expect to find it - in suburbia.
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.
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.
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.
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.