knobbed
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7.6
- adjective
- /nɑbd/
- The knobbed surface of the old tree trunk was covered in small, rounded lumps.
Examples
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Her knobbed and gnarled hands smooth a piece of vermilion silk dotted with golden flowers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Knobbed whelks are found off the east coast of the U.S. from Massachusetts to northern Florida.
Blog text (17) -
She held the knobbed white spread to her throat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Leaning on the arm of his chair was a knobbed and polished walking stick, which I knew was called a shillelagh.
Fiction book (2000) -
She admired the knobbed handle of the antique door that added character to her home.
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The artisan crafted a beautiful vase with a distinctly knobbed exterior.
Synonyms
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7.1
A tree, hand, or face with a rough, twisted shape and large bumps
5
5.8
Something that has small rounded bumps like a potato
5
8.4
A rough, twisted surface with hard knots or bumps
5
3.9
Having rough, twisted bumps on wood or hands
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7.0
Full of hard lumps and tangles, for example in wood or hair
1
8.4
A surface with small raised lines or bumps to help you hold it
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8.4
Having small rounded lumps on the surface that you can feel
Antonyms
How Bumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knobbed comes from the simple word knob, which means a 'small round lump', as in a door knob. So something knobbed is covered with little bumps or lumps, like a gnarled hand or a twisted tree trunk.