knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock
(noun) a small natural hill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knoll (plural knolls)
A small mound or rounded hill.
knoll (plural knolls)
A knell.
knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)
(transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
(intransitive, transitive) To sound, like a bell; to knell.
Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.
knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)
To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.
Knoll
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knoll is the 3,697th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9,608 individuals. Knoll is most common among White (94.74%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Knoll, n. Etym: [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.]
Definition: A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott.
Knoll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling.] Etym: [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.]
Definition: To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. "Knolled to church." Shak. Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson.
Knoll, v. i.
Definition: To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak. For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron.
Knoll, n.
Definition: The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
