Definition of knoll
: a small round hill : mound
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Start with doughnuts from the farmers’ market—be there by 9:30 to grab a spot on the opposite grassy knoll, where the locals hang with their takeaway coffees.
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To accommodate the masses of refugees who began crossing from Myanmar in August, sandy knolls were flattened and more than 1,000 acres of forests were chopped down, heightening the risk of landslides.
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The grassy knoll, Umbrella Man, LBJ and Ted Cruz’s dad] Schrade was shot above the forehead but the bullet bounced off his skull.
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There is a certain art to sitting down—even in front of a screen—and spending a few minutes meditating on a grassy knoll in England, or joining a stranger on a stroll through Tokyo just as cherry blossoms begin to bloom.
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For her part, Ariana smartly steers clear of the water trap and proffers kisses with your name on them from a grassy knoll in front of the ocean.
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At the bottom of a grassy knoll, placed next to his modest tombstone, there was just one white rose — dotted with raindrops and wrapped in the colors of the Irish flag. -- Happening tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.: The Daily 202 Live with Bernie Sanders.
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The snow was wet and deep, and the tracks of those three wolves were all around on the knoll.
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Combines ran up and over knolls and ravines, harvesting wheat.
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Origin and Etymology of knoll
Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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Origin and Etymology of knoll
Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell
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First Known Use: 15th century
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