knob

[US]/nɒb/
[UK]/nɑːb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a spherical handle on a door, drawer, etc. a round handle on a radio, etc. a small piece.

Phrases & Collocations

door knob

turn the knob

control knob

with knobs on

adjusting knob

Example Sentences

Give the knob a twist.

There is a knob of butter on the table.

This knob is only held on by sellotape.

add a knob of butter or margarine.

a knob of wadded lint.

Annulet knob, circle knob.

Turn the door knob to open the door.

My radio's knob got loose.

liked to fiddle with all the knobs and dials.

it is the rock ‘n’ roll statement with knobs on.

We have replaced the knobs on all the doors.

There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.

The children diddled with the knobs on the television all afternoon.

It isn’t art—it’s just a horror movie with knobs on!

Always depressurize a regulator before closing the adjusting knob and removing the regulator from the cylinder.

This machine has lots of knobs on it. Which one starts it?

Turning the knob fully counterclockwise (to OFF) allows the gate to pass signals unattenuated, effectively bypassing the gate.

The rare males have sub-spherical frontal knobs, with spines and mechanoreceptor on surfaces.In the basal part of penis, the rare males have evident spine-like outgrowths.

Real-world Examples

Turn the door knob and open the door.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

He turned the door knob to open the door.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

I knocked again, then tried the knob. The door opened.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

And I won't show you the knob on top of my hat.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

" Wild! " he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sure, sure! Did you try turning the knob back the other way?

Source: Friends Season 1 (Edited Version)

747. Snobbish Knob is doing his hobby in the lobby.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

No, no, I was turning the knob and, and...here it is.

Source: Friends Season 2

Try; take this pin and touch the knob. Well, what do you see?

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

She touched the isolation knob, so that no one else could speak to her.

Source: The machine has stopped operating.

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