bedknob
bedknob noun: an ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.
Noun
bedknob (plural bedknobs)
- An ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.
- She had a plastic bag hanging from a bedknob; she'd hawk up and spit the phlegm into it between decades of the rosary.2015, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia
- He burrowed his head contentedly into his pillow. His happiness, however, did not last long. 'Meat...Where's me meat?' he said, grasping a bedknob in anguish.2011, Hobb Whittons, Blue Fire Burning, page 168
Forms of bedknob
| plural | bedknobs |
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Origin of bedknob
From bed + knob.
Questions about bedknob
- What does bedknob mean?
- Bedknob means an ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.
- What part of speech is bedknob?
- Bedknob is a noun.
- What is the plural of bedknob?
- The plural of bedknob is bedknobs.
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