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knob

[nob] noun, verb, knobbed, knob⋅bing.
–noun
1. a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
2. a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk.
3. Architecture. an ornamental boss, as of carved work.
4. a rounded hill, mountain, or elevation on a ridge.
–verb (used with object)
5. to produce a knob on.
6. to furnish with a knob.
7. (in stone cutting) to knock off (excess stone) preparatory to dressing; knobble; skiffle.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME knobbe < MLG


knoblike, adjective
knob   (nŏb)   
n.  
  1. A rounded protuberance.
    1. A rounded handle, as on a drawer or door.
    2. A rounded control switch or dial.
  2. A prominent rounded hill or mountain.

[Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German, knot in wood.]
knobbed (nŏbd) adj., knob'bi·ness n., knob'by adj.

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.
Language Translation for : knob
Spanish: bulto, protuberancia,
German: der Knopf,
Japanese: 球飾り

knob 
1373, knobe, probably from a Scand. or Ger. source (cf. M.L.G. knobbe "knob," O.N. knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1650, especially in U.S.

Main Entry: knob
Pronunciation: 'näb
Function: noun
: a rounded protuberance or lump —knob·by /'näb-E/ adjective
knob   (nŏb)  Pronunciation Key 
A prominent, rounded hill or mountain.
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