1
a
: a small rounded ornament or handle
b
: a rounded protuberance : lump
2
: a rounded usually isolated hill or mountain
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Examples of knob in a Sentence
a carved walking stick with a silver knob
toss a knob of butter into the frying pan
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Update the look by replacing the knobs, pulls or handles.
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Ronita Choudhuri-Wade Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
As these thresholds near, the craft becomes agitated, with dinging alarms and colored alerts: yellow, or land soon; red, or land immediately; and purple, or pull the red knob to activate the whole-craft parachute.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Ronita Choudhuri-Wade Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
As these thresholds near, the craft becomes agitated, with dinging alarms and colored alerts: yellow, or land soon; red, or land immediately; and purple, or pull the red knob to activate the whole-craft parachute.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knob. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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