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How to spell knob

Knob is spelled K-N-O-B.

hear itknob/nɑb/nounSilent and tricky

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.

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.

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