Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small decorative knob or boss.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small rounded projection; a stud; a button; a knob.
- noun A bud.
- noun Eccles., a bulb on the stem of a chalice for convenience in holding it. It is found in some of the earliest known chalices.
- noun In architecture, same as
knob . - noun A large tub. [Prov. Eng.]
- To adorn with buttons, knobs, or projections of any sort.
- noun A loop or tuft in two- (or more) ply yarn produced in doubling for ornamental purposes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
- noun (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with
finial ; -- called alsoknob , andknosp . - noun (Bot.) the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knob , usually ornamental
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
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Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
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And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
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Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
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And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
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Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
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Nope, I knop that the Bush administration is full of scandals too.
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And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
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And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
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And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Exodus 37. 1999
reesetee commented on the word knop
A usually bulbous part of the stem of a glass, hollow or solid, used either singly or in groups, placed contiguously or with intermediate spacing. Also, the finial at the center of a lid.
November 9, 2007
yarb commented on the word knop
One hand clutched at his lapel, the other fingered the diamond knop of his cane.
- Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah
September 20, 2019