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How to spell knob
What it means: A round handle used to open or close something.
In a sentence: Turn the knob to open the door.
The part people get wrong
Watch for a silent k. Often misspelled as nob or knobbe.
Same family: knobs, knobbed, knobby, handle, hilt. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Knob comes from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch words meaning a small lump or button. Its sense as a rounded ornament on a sword hilt grew from the general idea of a rounded, projecting piece of metal or wood.
Patterns it uses: Silent letters
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