doorknob
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1.2
- noun
- /ˈdʊrˌnɑb/
- US
:
pomo
- Michelle still had her hand on the doorknob when the unfamiliar sound of Lee's great sobs became audible.
- turn a doorknob
- doorknob lock
- pull the doorknob
A toothy grin spreads across her face as the doorknob clicks and she enters the room.
- A toothy grin spreads across her face as the doorknob clicks and she enters the room.
- Girth is good though, like one of those round doorknobs.
- You could see a faint cut out of where I think this is a door, but there's no doorknob, there's no keyhole.
- You pulled the doorknob off the door, Aaron Just pulled the door a whole doorknob off.
- Like on the way out, as you're holding the doorknob, they turn back and say, by the way, one more thing.
- As Elaine took a step back, hand falling away from the doorknob, she revealed Lucian, smiling tightly at us both.
- And I bond is like me coming into this house and saying, Tom, what finish did you use on your doorknob?
- I came into the room just as a doorknob peacefully turned on its own, and the door slowly swung open.
- It's those remote controls and doorknobs you need to watch out for.
- There's an alternate hell, I believe that exists where you wake up and you are a doorknob.
Examples
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With her hand on a doorknob, she stopped, turned around, and looked back at Jerome.
Fiction book (1994) -
Arna walks to the door, puts her hand on the doorknob, and turns to me.
Fiction book (1994) -
As he put his hand on the kitchen doorknob, he found that he was shaking.
Fiction book (1991) -
I stand with the doorknob in my hand, staring back at my father.
Fiction book (1993) -
Kai stopped, one hand on the doorknob, but refused to turn around.
Fiction book (1991) -
I had the urge to leave, made my way to the front door, but just as I was about to turn the doorknob, something, this feeling stopped me.
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I came into the room just as a doorknob peacefully turned on its own, and the door slowly swung open.
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The sign hung a little crooked on the doorknob, a pasteboard clock face with movable hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
A toothy grin spreads across her face as the doorknob clicks and she enters the room.
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He turned the doorknob slowly to see if anyone was inside the room.
Synonyms
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1.4
A rounded handle used to open or adjust things like doors and radios
A part on a door, like a knob or lever, that you hold and move to open it
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doorknob is simply door + knob, and knob once meant a 'round lump' or 'small bump'. Think of that round lump on a door that you turn, which is why a doorknob is the round handle you turn to open or close a door.