knob
a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk.
Architecture. an ornamental boss, as of carved work.
a rounded hill, mountain, or elevation on a ridge.
to produce a knob on.
to furnish with a knob.
(in stone cutting) to knock off (excess stone) preparatory to dressing; knobble; skiffle.
Origin of knob
1Other words from knob
- knoblike, adjective
Words that may be confused with knob
- knob , nob
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How to use knob in a sentence
He required others to open doors for him because he so abhorred touching the knobs or other metal objects.
We Already Know What Adam Lanza’s Real Motive Was at Sandy Hook | Michael Daly | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI wish I could rub out my life,” she laments in the opening chapter, “twiddling knobs as on an Etch A Sketch, and start again.
Feminist Flagellant: Liz Jones’s Surprising Brand of Tell-All | Emma Garman | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy ribs are like a xylophone, and the knobs of my spine stick up like ponderous cairns in the landscape of my back.
Then he cut away the knobs by which he climbed to it, until there was barely sufficient for his own tiny toes to rest on.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneTwenty minutes jogging brought us into a stretch of rough country, a series of knobs and ridges cut by innumerable coulées.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
If the stop-knobs are all gone, he will find an extended row, perhaps two rows of these tablets.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe combination pedals affecting the Great stop-knobs moved also the Pedal stop-knobs belonging to the proper group.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThere is much controversy as to whether stop-keys will eventually displace the older fashioned draw-knobs.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
British Dictionary definitions for knob
/ (nɒb) /
a rounded projection from a surface, such as a lump on a tree trunk
a handle of a door, drawer, etc, esp one that is rounded
a round hill or knoll or morainic ridge
British taboo a slang word for penis
and the same to you with knobs on or and the same to you with brass knobs on British informal the same to you but even more so
(tr) to supply or ornament with knobs
(intr) to form into a knob; bulge
British taboo to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
Origin of knob
1Derived forms of knob
- knobby, adjective
- knoblike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for knob
[ nŏb ]
A prominent, rounded hill or mountain.
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