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UK
/dˈɔːnɒb/
]
[ US /ˈduɹnɑb/ ]
[ US /ˈduɹnɑb/ ]
NOUN
- a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
How To Use doorknob In A Sentence
- I promised to repair the doorknob, but I had never got round to it.
- Doorknob: No one has yet called "doorknob" so it remains the ultimate trump card in this crisis. Duncan Quirk: The Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis
- Most Maori continued to live in wharepuni, and from the 1870s some of these included European materials, such as doorknobs, nails, sawn timber, and glazed windows.
- I promised to repair the doorknob, but I had never got round to it.
- Taking hold of the doorknob Tommy slowly began to open the door.
- He jammed a chair under the doorknob and shot himself up with enough heroin to blow the heart out of a draft horse, his mouth rictal when the rush took him. Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set
- He wrapped his hand around the doorknob of the door and swung it open.
- When there has been death, hanging clothes from a doorknob would invite misfortune.
- One recent day, search crews found an ace of diamonds playing card, a doorknob, a pair of security guard pants, a woman's black wig and a pink toothbrush.
- A second slab of beef has crawled out of bed and found his doorknob.