Plural of doorknob
regular plural
The plural of doorknob is doorknobs.
Forms of doorknob
| Singular | doorknob /ˈdɔː.nɒb/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | doorknobs |
| Countable | countable |
Doorknobs in a sentence
- Punding may consist of activities such as collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible, or disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again.From the entry punding
- There were waiting lists for baths, doorknobs, imported hardwoods, antiqued fireplaces, bidets, marble slabs.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry at a premium
- We pass a series of doors in the hallway that have five-digit combination locks on them rather than doorknobs and stop at the first doorknobbed door we come to.2024, Katherine Reay, The Berlin Letters, page 163. From the entry doorknobbed
Meaning of doorknob
- noun A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
- noun A stupid person.
- verb (especially psychiatry) To suddenly bring up a time-consuming topic when very little time remains to discuss it, often as a tactic to avoid conversation.
Questions about the plural of doorknob
- What is the plural of doorknob?
- The plural of doorknob is doorknobs.
- Is doorknob countable?
- Doorknob is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: doorknob (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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