knob : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knob	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for knob
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knob n a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss] a round handle any thickened enlargement Synonym(s): node, knob, thickening an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger Synonym(s): knob, pommel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knob \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knob \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knop \Knop\, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21. 2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also {knob}, and {knosp}. {Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. --Prior.