knoll

noun

Definition of knollnext
as in mountain
a small hill a grassy knoll

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Recent Examples of knoll Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Perched on a grassy knoll on the edge of downtown, The Inn sits comfortably away from bustling Main Street while maintaining easy walking distance to all of Berlin’s shops, restaurants, and galleries. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition. — Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knoll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
  1. mountain
  2. hillock
  3. hummock
  4. foothill
  5. table
  6. upland
  7. highland
  8. knob
Noun
  • The inside of the mound was tightly stacked with beech wood which smolders for weeks until it's been turned into charcoal — a craft that's been practiced in the Harz mountain region in eastern Germany for hundreds of years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
  • Richmond, Virginia Virginia’s mountains, beaches, and rivers bat well above average in the natural beauty department, and Richmond puts you within driving distance of all of it.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of mountain
Noun
  • The clamber up and over a few small hillocks is all part of the fun, as is a brave cold water dip, but the real magic can be found amongst the sand dunes.
    — Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of hillock
Noun
  • Scoresby scoured the tundra with his binoculars and spotted two musk oxen—hairy hummocks on the hill.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of hummock
Noun
  • Forty miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, the tiny foothill community of 3,000 has one main road, spotty cell service and a lone local market.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of foothill
Noun
  • Demolishing folding tables has become so popular — and worrisome — at Bills games that retail prices of tables in Western New York have been known to increase during football season.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • And while there are still comic artists and writers at small tables signing and sketching, and dealers selling original art out of binders in crates, a good chunk of the space is occupied by media and toy companies, trying to outdo one another.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of table
Noun
  • Photos also helped the DNR better understand trends in the lives of many mammals and upland birds such as wild turkeys.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.
    — Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
Definition of upland
Noun
  • Smith Galer writes powerfully about the experiences of Kichwa speakers in the Ecuadorian highlands.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Over thousands of years, Martian winds have sculpted this volcanic sand into dunes that now ripple through the floor of Kaiser Crater, a 129-mile-wide (207-kilometer-wide) impact basin in the planet's southern highlands.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of highland
Noun
  • All the country is rolling, and there are a few granite outcrops from 50 to 200 feet high—sort of knolls or knobs.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • Its stainless steel lid is finished with a glass knob and brass inlay.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
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