knob

knob is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
2. noun. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
3. noun. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.
4. noun. See Knop.
5. intransitive verb. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
6. noun. a round handle
7. noun. a circular rounded projection or protuberance

   Synonyms: boss

8. noun. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

   Synonyms: pommel

9. noun. any thickened enlargement

   Synonyms: node, thickening

Synonyms

boss, pommel, node, thickening

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in knob:

bonk

Common word forms

knobs, knobbed, knobber, knobbing

Words from these letters

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