Knob
Knob , noun
[A modification of knop. Compare 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. [United States] — Bartlett
4.
(Architecture) See Knop.
Collocations (1)
Knob latch , a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
Knob , intransitive verb
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obsolete] — Drant