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   knob

   /näb/

   noun

   • 1. a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something. Similar lumpbumpprotuberanceprojectionprotrusionbulgeswellingknotnodenodulegnarlgrowthoutgrowthexcrescencecarbuncletumorbossstudballknopnubtechnical:umborare:tumescencenuggetnubnubblelumppatcakeballcubechunkdolloppiecebitportionwedgehunkbarslabgobbetinformal:wodgegob
   • ▪ a handle on a door or drawer shaped like a ball. Similar doorknobhandledoor handlegrippull
   • ▪ a rounded button for adjusting or controlling a machine. Similar dialbuttonswitchon/off switchkey
   • ▪ a small lump of a substance: "add a knob of butter or margarine"
   • ▪ a prominent round hill.
   • ▪ a penis.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Middle Low German knobbe ‘knot, knob, bud’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. knobbed adjective
   • 2. knobby adjective
   • 3. knoblike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

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