knoll

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a small natural hill

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

mound, hillock, hummock, hammock

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