Knob

[knob]

You can use the word knob for any bump or bulge, like the egg shaped knob on your head after you bumped it on the door knob.

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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

Noun
a round handle

Noun
a circular rounded projection or protuberance

Noun
an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

Noun
any thickened enlargement


n.
A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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

n.
A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

n.
See Knop.

v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.


Knob

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

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

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

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Usage Examples

I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don't even have a push-button radio. It's just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you're driving, that's all I want.

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