knobs
knobs is the plural of knob.
Meaning of knob
Noun
knob (plural knobs)
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- A prominent rounded hill.
- We climbed to the top of Slate Hill, the highest knob in our town, and Ricky gave me a whole talk on how slate formed, how it was and was not shale.2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 144
Phrases with knobs
- door knobs
- gear knobs
- Brody knobs
- rivet knobs
- Brodie knobs
- Dorset knobs
- ginger knobs
- granny knobs
- necker knobs
- spinner knobs
- suicide knobs
- with knobs on
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Words that rhyme with knobs
Questions about knobs
- What is knobs the plural of?
- Knobs is the plural of knob.
Words near knobs in the dictionary
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