knobby
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knobby
- /ˈnɒbi/ UK
- /ˈnɑbi/ US
Sounds like Nobby · Rhymes with -ɒbi
adjective knobbier · knobbiest
- Resembling a knob. They appeared, upon section, like wedge-shaped, knobby formations, penetrating into the placenta fetalis, and were thus found in three places ; the smallest was 3 mm. and the largest was 15 mm. in diameter.
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Having many knobs or knob-like projections.
The large open leaves and large knobby leaves were picked out by hand, and formed the finest sort of "hyson skin" (known commercially as pretty good bloom, brightish hyson kind mixed, knobby leaf); the remaining leaves were hyson.
Similar: nodose
noun knobbies
- The end or heel of a loaf of bread.
- A knobbly piece; a lump. The little broken bits of hot dog, the knobbies floating at the bottom of the pan, I sold off cheap to the scamps and scoundrels of Sutton who were many and various.
- A saffron bun. 2025, Eleanora H. Stooke, Little Sunbeam […] bread-and-butter and various kinds of preserves in glass dishes, an old china bowl full of clotted cream, a plum cake, and some saffron buns—"knobbies" as they are called in Cornwall.
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adj having many knobs or knob-like projections
| Español | con cocada |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | huckelig, höckerig |
Talk about this word "knobby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knobby. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. knobby. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/knobby "knobby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knobby.
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@misc{knobby_2026,
title = {knobby},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knobby},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
