Other Knob Definition
[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
See Also...
convex shape, convexity, decoration, doorhandle, doorknob, grip, handgrip, handle, hilt, hold, knobble, ornament, ornamentation, projection, stop
Related Terms
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, d
Misc. Definitions
\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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