Definition of KNOLL

knoll

Plural: knolls

Noun

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

Verb

Verb Forms: knolled, knolling, knolls

  • To ring a bell, especially a funeral bell; to knell.
  • To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
  • To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
  • 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

  • The player waited for the perfect moment to KNOLL a high-scoring word, signaling the end of the game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).

Scrabble Score: 9

knoll: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
knoll: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
knoll: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

knoll: valid Words With Friends Word