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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a carved walking stick with a silver knob
toss a knob of butter into the frying pan
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Its retro design, which skips a color screen for a slim digital display set below tactile knobs, stokes nostalgia while delivering excellent sound quality.
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Parker Hall, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2025
The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
All those records and tapes and spools and switches and knobs feel as much part of the landscape as the thistles, the moss, the crags, the forests.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
Still, the blade was sharp, and its adjustment knob was very secure.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
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Parker Hall, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2025
The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
All those records and tapes and spools and switches and knobs feel as much part of the landscape as the thistles, the moss, the crags, the forests.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
Still, the blade was sharp, and its adjustment knob was very secure.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knob. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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