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Meaning of "knobbiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KNOBBINESS

knobbiness  [ˈnɒbɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KNOBBINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Knobbiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KNOBBINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of knobbiness in the English dictionary

The definition of knobbiness in the dictionary is the quality or condition of being knobby.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KNOBBINESS


anus
ˈeɪnəs
chubbiness
ˈtʃʌbɪnəs
cleanliness
ˈklɛnlɪnəs
clubbiness
ˈklʌbɪnəs
crabbiness
ˈkræbɪnəs
drabbiness
ˈdræbɪnəs
endogenous
ɛnˈdɒdʒɪnəs
exogenous
ɛkˈsɒdʒɪnəs
gabbiness
ˈɡæbɪnəs
homogenous
həˈmɒdʒɪnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
Janus
ˈdʒeɪnəs
Linus
ˈlaɪnəs
loneliness
ˈləʊnlɪnəs
luminous
ˈluːmɪnəs
minus
ˈmaɪnəs
nobbiness
ˈnɒbɪnəs
pandanus
pænˈdeɪnəs
sinus
ˈsaɪnəs
terminus
ˈtɜːmɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KNOBBINESS

knob
knobbed
knobber
knobbier
knobbiest
knobbing
knobble
knobbly
knobby
knobhead
knobkerrie
knoblike
knobstick
knock
knock a person into the middle of next week
knock about
knock back
knock down
knock into a cocked hat
knock off

WORDS THAT END LIKE KNOBBINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of knobbiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «knobbiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KNOBBINESS

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The translations of knobbiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «knobbiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

knobbiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

knobbiness
570 millions of speakers

English

knobbiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

knobbiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

knobbiness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

knobbiness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

knobbiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

knobbiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

difformes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kenangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

knobbiness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

knobbiness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

knobbiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Knobbiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

knobbiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

knobbiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नथुरेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

knobbiness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

knobbiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

knobbiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

knobbiness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

knobbiness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

knobbiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knobbiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knobbiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

knobbiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of knobbiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOBBINESS»

The term «knobbiness» is normally little used and occupies the 141.896 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOBBINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «knobbiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «knobbiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about knobbiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOBBINESS»

Discover the use of knobbiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to knobbiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupré
Avoid susceptible varieties such as 'Kennebec.' SOLUTIONS: ' Remove all green portions of the tuber prior to cooking and eating. Knobbiness AFFECTS: potato Knobbiness is caused by changes in soil moisture, usually a dry period followed  ...
Sarah Kathryn York, 2012
2
Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion
... investigator imagines, the infant who feels something knobby in his mouth " sees knobbiness, and hears and tastes and smells knobbiness; and when he sees something knobby, he feels knobbiness, and also hears and tastes and smells it.
Ben-Ami Scharfstein, 1993
3
Principles of plant culture: an elementary treatise designed ...
Certain varieties of potato are more disposed to knobbiness than others. In varieties normally free from it, the planting of knobby seed tubers probably does not tend to increase the inclination to knobbiness. 226. Excessive Moisture in the Air is ...
Emmett Stull Goff, Frederic Cranefield, 1906
4
The Tracker's Field Guide, 2nd: A Comprehensive Manual for ...
C D A In a pace- or diagonal walk pattern, as shown in A, B, and C on the opposite page, spottedskunk tracks can be distinguished from a striped skunk's by the “knobbiness” or segmentation in front and hind heel pad areas, which the striped ...
James C. Lowery, 2013
5
Selecting Your Best Turkeys for Breeding
Check for: • upright carriage • natural, unimpeded gait • normal legs and hocks Faults and Defects Watch for and CULL the following: Body • Knobbiness is a common defect in nearly all turkeys. True knobbiness is a condition where the flesh ...
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
6
Market Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables, Potatoes
GROWTH CRACKS, KNOBBINESS, AND SECOND GROWTH It is generally assumed that deep cracks (pi. 10, B) on the surface of tubers, knobs (pi. 10, D), pointed ends (pi. 3, D), and second growth are the result of uneven or unfavorable ...
George Konrad Karl Link, Glen Blaine Ramsey, 1932
7
Miscellaneous Publication
D. Second growth, knobbiness, and immaturity. For information on obtaining publications free and for sale, see p. 2, How to Order. Potters — Continued . •No. 9. Potato diseases. 7Ji by •For sale only 146 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO.
‎1940
8
The Potato Tuber with Special Reference to Its Morphology ...
Louis Franklyn Boyle. the tubers from one year plants are very small, only about the size of a broad bean, and It takes three to four yeare for them to reaoh the size of the ordinary potato. (6 pp - 456) 1. Knobbiness. A general statement is that  ...
Louis Franklyn Boyle, 1917
9
Biology and Chemistry of Jerusalem Artichoke: Helianthus ...
Schittenhelm (1990) utilized two testers and seven male lines to obtain estimates of the general and specific combining abilities for a cross section of traits (i.e., early vigor, plant height, stems per plant, rhizome (stolon) length, tuber knobbiness ...
Stanley J. Kays, Stephen F. Nottingham, 2007
10
Review of Tropical Plant Pathology
I. Knobbiness or Second Growth 1. Symptoms Knobbiness is one of the most obvious and most serious defects of long-tubered cultivars such as Russet Burbank and Green Mountain. It consists of the development of one or more secondary ...
‎1986

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNOBBINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term knobbiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Restaurant review: Origami
As to the prawn tempura, the batter fulfilled every visual requirement for knobbiness, but crispness gave way to doughiness within. The chef ... «The Dominion Post, Jan 13»
2
Where Is Cuba Going?
They weren't sickly looking before, but under Fidel you noticed more the way men's shirts flapped about them and the knobbiness of women's ... «New York Times, Sep 12»
3
Free-to-air TV: Friday, August 17
Yes, Leach is a complete knob, a colossal bell-end whose astonishing knobbiness is on full display in this self-adoring documentary. «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 12»
4
Friday, August 17
Yes, Leach is a complete knob, a colossal bell-end whose astonishing knobbiness is on full display in this self-adoring documentary. «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 12»
5
First ride: Surly's new Krampus, a '29 plus' with 3-inch tires
Looking at the tread pattern you see a good compromise of knobbiness and low rolling resistance, which is fine since this is the first and only ... «Dirt Rag, Jul 12»
6
Appreciating Irish potatoes
Swiftly combing through each crate, she displayed those that had green edges, stemmed end rot, greening, pink rot, knobbiness, common ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 11»
7
Maggie Pouncey's 'Perfect Reader' about a young woman and her …
So is her treatment of the emotional knobbiness of grief. And her take on life in a liberal college town (smug yet unhappy) and in the literary ... «Washington Post, Jun 10»

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