MEANING
Having small rounded lumps or projecting knobs.
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Words that belong together
- knobby surface
- knobby roots
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Knobby roots lifted the paving stones.
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Word forms
- Base
- knobby
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative knobbier; superlative knobbiest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.
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