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Word of the Day – Knoll

By January 26, 2022Word of the Day

Knoll (noun)

nol

A small hill or mound.

Old English cnoll ‘hilltop’, of Germanic origin; related to German Knolle ‘clod, lump, tuber’ and Dutch knol ‘tuber, turnip’.

Example sentences

“He rested a moment on the grassy knoll.”

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