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

bump

knob

knot

lump

protuberance

horse

hack

steed

corm

potato

rutabaga

jade

bulge

hump

swelling

nodule

beet

horsepower

mount

nag

Gender

♂️ Masculine

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”).