Knobbed
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of knob form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having a knob or knobs. not-comparable
"a knobbed chromosome"
Adjective
- 1 used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots wordnet
Example
More examples"1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, London: J. Nourse, Volume 4, Chapter 11, The Camelopard, pp. 299-300, No animal, either from its disposition, or its formation, seems less fitted for a state of natural hostility; its horns are blunt, and even knobbed at the ends; its teeth are made entirely for vegetable pasture […]"
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