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Having a knob or knobs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a knobbed chromosome
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, London: J. Nourse, Volume 4, Chapter 11, The Camelopard, pp. 299-300, No animal, either from its disposition, or its formation, seems less fitted for a state of natural hostility; its horns are blunt, and even knobbed at the ends; its teeth are made entirely for vegetable pasture [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of knob
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gnarled and knotted hands
- a knobbed stick
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
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Māori:
pūrekereke
— equipped with a knob
