different between embankment vs knoll

English

Etymology

embank +? -ment

Noun

embankment (plural embankments)

1. a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.

Derived terms

• Victoria Embankment

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??l/, [n??l], [n??l]
• (General American) enPR: n?l, IPA^(key): /no?l/

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

knoll (plural knolls)

1. A small mound or rounded hill.

Derived terms

• Brent Knoll

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative, or variant of knell.

Noun

knoll (plural knolls)

1. A knell.

Verb

knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)

1. (transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures

     Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.

Etymology 3

Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.

Verb

knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)

1. To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Westrobothnian

Verb

knoll (preterite knollä)

1. (transitive) roll together: make curly

Related terms

• knóllär