Knoll
noun
A small, rounded hill or mound.
The house was built on a small knoll overlooking the sea.
Often appears as...
- grass-covered knoll
- small knoll
noun
A bell, or the sound made by a bell.
I heard the knoll of the church bell calling the villagers to prayer.
Often appears as...
- knoll of a bell
- distant knoll
Usage tips
Poetic
noun
A small, rounded hill or mound.
The house was built on a small knoll overlooking the sea.
Often appears as...
- grass-covered knoll
- small knoll
noun
A bell, or the sound made by a bell.
I heard the knoll of the church bell calling the villagers to prayer.
Often appears as...
- knoll of a bell
- distant knoll
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Term
Used to describe natural, gentle elevation in geography - not steep like a mountain.
Children rolled down the grassy knoll, laughing joyfully.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Often used to depict serene, picturesque outdoor scenes in books or movies.
The couple picnicked on the knoll, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Sites
Can reference historic or significant locations, such as battlefields or memorials.
The old knoll was said to be a lookout point during the revolutionary war.
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Term
Used to describe natural, gentle elevation in geography - not steep like a mountain.
Children rolled down the grassy knoll, laughing joyfully.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Often used to depict serene, picturesque outdoor scenes in books or movies.
The couple picnicked on the knoll, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Sites
Can reference historic or significant locations, such as battlefields or memorials.
The old knoll was said to be a lookout point during the revolutionary war.
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Term
Used to describe natural, gentle elevation in geography - not steep like a mountain.
Children rolled down the grassy knoll, laughing joyfully.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Often used to depict serene, picturesque outdoor scenes in books or movies.
The couple picnicked on the knoll, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Sites
Can reference historic or significant locations, such as battlefields or memorials.
The old knoll was said to be a lookout point during the revolutionary war.
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Video examples
Stewart Brand: Building...
Another possible approach is right up the western front of the mountain. You can see why we sometimes call it Long Mountain. And from where you're standing at 6,000 feet in the valley, it's an easy hike up to the mature pinyon and juniper forest through that knoll at the front at 7,600 feet.
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The Dirty Side Of...
there's sub-colonies that are on top of all these little hills so you've got these rolling hills that go all the way to the sea and then there's a cliff drop to the sea and on the top of each of those little knolls uh is it is a little penguin colony chin
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
essentially the wider view and I'm surprised to see it's a second crevasse of snow but now seriously the storm is upon us and so I hasten off the knoll to
Video examples
Stewart Brand: Building...
Another possible approach is right up the western front of the mountain. You can see why we sometimes call it Long Mountain. And from where you're standing at 6,000 feet in the valley, it's an easy hike up to the mature pinyon and juniper forest through that knoll at the front at 7,600 feet.
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
there's sub-colonies that are on top of all these little hills so you've got these rolling hills that go all the way to the sea and then there's a cliff drop to the sea and on the top of each of those little knolls uh is it is a little penguin colony chin
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
essentially the wider view and I'm surprised to see it's a second crevasse of snow but now seriously the storm is upon us and so I hasten off the knoll to
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Patti Davis
American Celebrity
I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Ken MacLeod
Scottish Writer
The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.
Quote examples
Patti Davis
American Celebrity
I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.
Quote examples
Ken MacLeod
Scottish Writer
The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.
Example 1 of 2
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