Knob
[nɒb] or [nɑb]
Definition
(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.
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checked by Kenneth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, STUD.
Checker: Raymond
Definition
n. a hard protuberance: a hard swelling: a round ball.—adj. Knobbed containing or set with knobs.—n. Knob′biness.—adj. Knob′by full of knobs: knotty.—n. Knob′stick (slang) a synonym for a blackleg or scab in trades-union slang.
Typist: Phil
Examples
- Baird's division was accordingly sent from the right of Orchard Knob. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As I was with him on Orchard Knob, he would not move without further orders from me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tom said this with his back to his master, and his hand on the door-knob. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On this day, then, he went directly to the door and spent hours examining it and fussing with the hinges, the knob and the latch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The morning of the 25th opened clear and bright, and the whole field was in full view from the top of Orchard Knob. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tom, let the door-knob alone,--there's a man! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To the faces of these rolls were bolted a series of heavy, chilled-iron plates containing a number of projecting knobs two inches high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Uriah stopped short, put his hands between his great knobs of knees, and doubled himself up with laughter. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There were several doors with brass knobs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He sported a military frock-coat, ornamented with frogs, knobs, black buttons, and meandering embroidery. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Each roll had also two rows of four-inch knobs, intended to strike a series of hammer-like blows. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The palate is also covered with hard rounded knobs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Checker: Marsha