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Definition of 'knob' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) knob
a projecting part, usu. rounded, forming a handle, as on a door, or a control device, as on a radio.

2.  knob
a rounded protuberance on the surface or at the end of something.

3.  knob
a rounded hill.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME knobbe < MLG)

Definition of 'knob' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) knob, boss
a circular rounded projection or protuberance

2. (noun) knob
a round handle

3. (noun) node, knob, thickening
any thickened enlargement

4. (noun) knob, pommel
an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger


Definition of 'knob' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) knob
a round door handle
to turn the knob; knobs on the cabinet

2.  knob
a round control on a piece of equipment
buttons and knobs on the CD player


Definition of 'knob' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) knob
a hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone

2. (noun) knob
a knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer

3. (noun) knob
a rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob

4. (noun) knob
see Knop

5. (verb) knob
to grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed


Translation of 'knob' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a hard rounded part standing out from the main part
a bedstead with brass knobs on.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: knop, knoets Arabic flag Arabic: كُرَة ناتئَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: буца
Brazilian flag Brazilian: maçaneta Czech flag Czech: boule, knoflík German flag German: der Knopf
Danish flag Danish: knop Greek flag Greek: εξόγκωμα Spanish flag Spanish: bulto, protuberancia
Estonian flag Estonian: nupp Farsi flag Farsi: برآمدگی Finnish flag Finnish: nuppi
French flag French: pomme, bouton Hebrew flag Hebrew: יָדִית כַּדוּרִית Hindi flag Hindi: घुंडी
Croatian flag Croatian: izbočina Hungarian flag Hungarian: gomb Indonesian flag Indonesian: bonggol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hnúður Italian flag Italian: pomello, manopola Japanese flag Japanese: 球飾り
Korean flag Korean: 둥근 손잡이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gumbas Latvian flag Latvian: izaugums; puns; bumbulis
Malay flag Malay: bonjol Dutch flag Dutch: knop Norwegian flag Norwegian: kule
Polish flag Polish: gałka Persian flag Persian: برآمدگی Pashto flag Pashto: ، كوبه كيدل غونډاړه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: maçaneta Romanian flag Romanian: mâner Russian flag Russian: выпуклость; набалдашник
Slovak flag Slovak: gombík Slovenian flag Slovenian: bunka Serbian flag Serbian: čvor
Swedish flag Swedish: knopp, knapp, kula Thai flag Thai: ตุ้ม Turkish flag Turkish: topuz, baş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 球形突出物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ґуля, випуклість Urdu flag Urdu: گول ، ابھرواں لٹّو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chỗ phồng Chinese flag Chinese: 球形突出物

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