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Plural of knob

regular plural

The plural of knob is knobs.

Forms of knob

Singularknob /nɒb/
Pluralknobs
Countablecountable

Knobs in a sentence

  • Place whole, unpeeled knobs of ginger in a zipper-lock freezer bag for up to 3 months.2001, David Joachim, The Clever Cook's Kitchen Handbook
  • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.From the entry noodle
  • Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly.From the entry counterpart
  • Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time.From the entry haphazard
  • And the same to you with knobs on!From the entry with knobs on

Meaning of knob

  1. noun A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
  2. noun A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
  3. noun A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

Full definition of knob

Questions about the plural of knob

What is the plural of knob?
The plural of knob is knobs.
Is knob countable?
Knob is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knob (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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