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Knob

Knob Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Knob? [n] a round handle [n] a rounded projection or protuberance [n] an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [n] any thickened enlargement Synonyms \| Synonyms for Knob: node \| pommel \| thickening Related Terms \| Find terms related to Knob: anthill \| ball \| balloon \| barrow \| bilge \| bladder \| blain \| bleb \| blister \| blob \| boll \| bolus \| boss \| bow \| brae \| bubble \| bulb \| bulbil \| bulblet \| bulge \| bulla \| bump \| bunch \| burl \| butte \| button \| cahot \| chine \| clump \| coarsen \| condyle \| convex \| dowel \| down \| drumlin \| dune \| ear \| ellipsoid \| fell \| flange \| flap \| foothills \| gall \| geoid \| globe \| globelet \| globoid \| globule \| glomerulus \| gnarl \| gob \| gobbet \| granulate \| handle \| hill \| hillock \| horripilate \| hummock \| hump \| hunch \| jog \| joggle \| knoll \| knot \| knur \| knurl \| lip \| loop \| lump \| mole \| molehill \| monticle \| monticule \| moor \| mound \| mountain \| nevus \| nub \| nubbin \| nubble \| oblate spheroid \| orb \| orbit \| orblet \| papilloma \| peg \| pellet \| pimple \| projection \| prolate spheroid \| protrusion \| protuberance \| rib \| ridge \| ring \| rondure \| rough \| rough up \| roughen \| sand dune \| shoulder \| sphere \| spheroid \| spherule \| spine \| stud \| style \| swell \| tab \| tubercle \| tubercule \| verruca \| vesicle \| wale \| wart \| welt See Also \| convex shape \| convexity \| decoration \| doorhandle \| doorknob \| grip \| handgrip \| handle \| hilt \| hold \| knobble \| ornament \| ornamentation \| projection \| stop Knob In Webster's Dictionary \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See {Knop}. {Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant.

Knob Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Knob?

[n] a round handle
[n] a rounded projection or protuberance
[n] an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
[n] any thickened enlargement

Synonyms | Synonyms for Knob: node | pommel | thickening

Knob In Webster's Dictionary

\Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a
   lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock,
   door, or drawer. --Chaucer.

3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.]
   --Bartlett.

4. (Arch.) See {Knop}.

{Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a
   knob, without using a key.


\Knob\, v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]
--Drant.

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