What is another word for knobs?

Pronunciation: [nˈɒbz] (IPA)

Knobs are small, rounded or cylindrical handles or projections used to open or close doors, cabinets, or drawers. In some contexts, you may require an alternative term to refer to knobs. In such cases, you may use words like handles, pulls, grips, or buttons. The word handle generally refers to the wider and longer objects used to push, pull, or manipulate devices. Pulls, on the other hand, are often elongated and used for a similar function as knobs. Grips relate to the part of an object that is held to control it, such as car or bicycle handles. Finally, buttons are small and produce an electric response when they are pressed. Whatever you choose to call them, knobs facilitate the smooth operation of many devices and appliances.

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Usage examples for Knobs

They saw the world again, a grey, ash-strewn world, with not a land-mark left but the bare knobs of the hills and here and there a great tree still standing smoking like a burnt-out torch.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
True to Stocking's calculation they came out upon the rocky, thinly grassed knobs of Bald Mountain shortly before two o'clock.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
But the low tones of the women, their meditative silences, the beauty which, to her at least, shone even from black satin and the knobs of amber which encircled elderly necks, changed her wish to chatter to a more subdued desire merely to watch and to whisper.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf

Famous quotes with Knobs

  • Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.
    Steve Albini
  • Matt Ledbetter cleared his throat and spoke to me in a voice trembling with emotion. "Will, that freshman doesn't belong in this school. We've got to run him out of here. We can't help it if he cries. He cries every time we look at him. He simply doesn't belong here. It'll be better for him and the other knobs when he goes." "Last year, you were a freshman, Matt. This year you're God." "He doesn't belong here, Will. It's our duty to run him out. We owe it to the Institute. We owe it to the line." "Your duty?" I asked him. "Our duty," Matt replied.
    Pat Conroy

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