knoll

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small, rounded natural hill or mound

   A lone oak stood on the knoll above the farmhouse.

From Middle English knol or knolle, from Old English cnoll, 'top, summit, or rounded hill.' Related Germanic words denote a knob, lump, tuber, or rounded mass, matching the characteristic shape of a knoll.

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