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Noun
Moose were plentiful, feeding and resting on grassy knolls.—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 Perched on a grassy knoll on the edge of downtown, The Inn sits comfortably away from bustling Main Street while maintaining easy walking distance to all of Berlin’s shops, restaurants, and galleries.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition.—Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knoll
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop
Verb
Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above