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knobble en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • nŏ'bəl (UK)
  • /ˈnɒb.əl/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le.

Meanings

  1. A small knob.
    • […] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl. 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 59, in Small Island, London: Review, page 524:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
knobbles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

knobbly

knobble en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • nŏ'bəl (UK)
  • /ˈnɒb.əl/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
  2. (transitive) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
    • knobbled charcoal iron
    • a knobbling furnace

Forms

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knobbling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
knobbled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
knobbled Tense=Past lexicographic
knobbles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

knobbler