'Knob' definitions:

Definition of 'knob'

(from WordNet)
noun
A circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss]
noun
A round handle
noun
Any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening]
noun
An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [syn: knob, pommel]

Definition of 'Knob'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Arch.) See Knop. [1913 Webster]
  • Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Knob'

From: GCIDE
  • Knob \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'knob'

From: GCIDE
  • Knop \Knop\ (n[o^]p), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
  • 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. [1913 Webster]
  • Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp. [1913 Webster]
  • Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'knob'

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Words containing 'Knob'