knob

/nɒb/ noun

Definition

› [C] a round handle, or a round button on a machine: a door knob Turn the black knob to switch on the radio.

a knob of butter UK › a small lump of butter

(Definition of knob noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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