noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a door knob (= that you turn to open a door )
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I turned the door knob and went into the room.
a knob of butter (= a small round piece )
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Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan.
turn the handle/knob/key/tap etc
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She gently turned the handle of the bedroom door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Book Week sets out every year to persuade children that life is not square and sits in the corner with knobs on.
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I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
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I pulled the knob and out came a circular weight covered in purple velvet.
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Locating the knob , he tugged.
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We install a knob which allows us to adjust the water level of the tank.