Definitions for: Knob


[n] a round handle
[n] a rounded projection or protuberance
[n] an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
[n] any thickened enlargement



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock,
door, or drawer. --Chaucer.

3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.]
--Bartlett.

4. (Arch.) See Knop.

Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a
knob, without using a key.


Knob, v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]
--Drant.

Synonyms: node, pommel, thickening

See Also: convex shape, convexity, decoration, doorhandle, doorknob, grip, handgrip, handle, hilt, hold, knobble, ornament, ornamentation, projection, stop

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