knol

Meaning

1. (masculine) tuber
2. (masculine) corm, bulbotuber
3. (masculine) bulge, protrusion
4. (masculine) nag, inferior horse
5. (masculine) workhorse, draft horse
6. (masculine, obsolete) Synonym of knolraap (“turnip”)

Concepts

turnip

tuber

gnarl

knot

🪢

bump

knob

lump

protuberance

horse

🐴

corm

rutabaga

potato

🥔

hack

jade

steed

hump

horsepower

swelling

beet

mount

nag

nodule

bulge

Synonyms

kavalje

knoest

knobbel

paard

🐴

knolraap

koolraap

raap

ros

🐴

ruber

bol

bult

koolzaad

opzwelling

pinda

bochel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/knɔl/

Etymology

From earlier knolle; first attested in the early sixteenth century. The earliest attested meaning in Dutch is "turnip" (now obsolete, the derived knolraap having become the standard term), which appears to be the result of a semantic narrowing from a broader meaning "bulging protrusion"; compare for example the cognates Old High German knollo (“rocky outcrop; lump”), English knoll (“hill”).