knobble

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: nŏ'bəl, IPA(key): /ˈnɒb.əl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒbəl
  • Homophone: nobble

Noun

knobble (plural knobbles)

  1. A small knob.

Derived terms

Verb

knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)

  1. (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
    knobbled charcoal iron
    a knobbling furnace
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