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Meaning of "knobbly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KNOBBLY

knobbly  [ˈnɒblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KNOBBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Knobbly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES KNOBBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of knobbly in the English dictionary

The definition of knobbly in the dictionary is having or covered with small knobs; bumpy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KNOBBLY


arguably
ˈɑːɡjʊəblɪ
assembly
əˈsɛmblɪ
comfortably
ˈkʌmfətəblɪ
considerably
kənˈsɪdərəblɪ
horribly
ˈhɒrɪblɪ
Hubli
ˈhuːblɪ
humbly
ˈhʌmblɪ
incredibly
ɪnˈkrɛdɪblɪ
inevitably
ɪnˈɛvɪtəblɪ
notably
ˈnəʊtəblɪ
ostensibly
ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ
possibly
ˈpɒsɪblɪ
preferably
ˈprɛfərəblɪ
presumably
prɪˈzjuːməblɪ
probably
ˈprɒbəblɪ
reasonably
ˈriːzənəblɪ
remarkably
rɪˈmɑːkəblɪ
terribly
ˈtɛrəblɪ
wibbly-wobbly
ˌwɪblɪˈwɒblɪ
wobbly
ˈwɒblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KNOBBLY

knob
knobbed
knobber
knobbier
knobbiest
knobbiness
knobbing
knobble
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 KNOBBLY

babbly
bobbly
bubbly
dribbly
hubbly
knubbly
nubbly
pebbly
rubbly
scrabbly
scribbly
stubbly
throw a wobbly
wabbly

Synonyms and antonyms of knobbly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «knobbly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KNOBBLY

Find out the translation of knobbly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of knobbly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «knobbly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

knobbly
570 millions of speakers

English

knobbly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

knobbly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

knobbly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бугорками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

knobbly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুল-বসান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

noueuses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berongga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

knollig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

knobbly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

를 knobbly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Knobbly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

knobbly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

knobbly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंडगोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumrulu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nodoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wypukły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

горбками
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noduroși
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

knobbly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knopperige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knobbly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

knudret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of knobbly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOBBLY»

The term «knobbly» is regularly used and occupies the 72.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOBBLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «knobbly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «knobbly» 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 knobbly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOBBLY»

Discover the use of knobbly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to knobbly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Silurian Rocks of the ...
A bed of brown sandstone, a foot thick, containing gastropods and cephalopods, forms a prominent cliff face; below. knobbly beds in which brown sandstone predominates, with some heads of the Clathrodictyon .
2
The Gnome with the Knobbly Knees
The boys devise a cunning plan to foil Gribble's plot and using clever disguises they uncover some strange secrets as they solve the mystery of THE GNOME WITH THE KNOBBLY KNEES.
Rebecca Lisle, 2009
3
Package Design Workbook: The Art and Science of Successful ...
Case. Study. |. Knobbly-Carrot. The Knobbly-Carrot Organic Food Company, a soup manufacturer, came to designers Taxi Studio with two major problems: declining sales and product confusion. Consumers assumed that because ofthe ...
Steven DuPuis, John Silva, 2011
4
Body Intelligence: Creating a New Environment
The spine is smooth at the front and knobbly at the back. The knobbly bits are for our protection and provide an excellent place for muscles to attach. There's an astonishing number of muscles that attach here — in fact, there are more muscles  ...
Ged Sumner, 2009
5
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
The Waitanguru Limestone Member (OtB) is developed mainly in the central part of Waitomo County and ¡s characterised by the extreme purity (>9S9o G>CO3) and whiteness of fresh samples and by the distinctively blocky, knobbly, and ...
6
Diagnostic Cytopathology: Expert Consult: Online and Print
Qualitatively, these groups may show a variety of features, but the characteristic description is irregular knobbly outlines (Fig. 3.54). Some cases have a papillary architecture (Fig. 3.53). Acini associated with adenocarcinoma are not seen in ...
Winifred Gray, Gabrijela Kocjan, 2010
7
Brigh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song
But one day, who came to the house but the Buck with the Knobbly Horns. And the Buck with the Knobbly Horns asked Hige-Haige for his oldest daughter in marriage. Said Hige-Haige, "I'd give her to the grey geese if they'd take her off my  ...
Lauchie MacLellan, John Shaw, Alistair MacLeod, 2001
8
The History and Social Influence of the Potato
Cruydt Boec Histaria planti |& Cj M a a •o je • l^ MX O^ 9 2 i« o s o o N *'—• e Irregular, roi knobbly Round to o knobbly Very irregu la knobbly Small, up to 2 in weight 1 1! No tubers i Variable, knobbly Irregular, knobbly ^C'"^ ID x • * - j= j JJ ...
Redcliffe N. Salaman, William Glynn Burton, J. G. Hawkes, 1985
9
The Adventures of Zia
You know that all the witches carry knobbly sticks, what are they for? They don't seem to use them as walking sticks, have they got some other use?.” “You don't miss much do you? No one else has ever noticed that or if they have they have ...
Kate Christmas, 2013
10
Nature, Origin, and Significance of the Tully Limestone: An ...
The overlying “knobbly zone” consists of l to 1.5 ft of shaly, knobbly, wavy-bedded limestone that characteristically forms a re-entrant. The remaining 3 to 3.5 ft is purer limestone consisting of two subequal ledges (middle and upper). In many ...
Philip H. Heckel, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNOBBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term knobbly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
UK's richest woman rocks in Ringsend
... light, Kirsty, who was born in Staffordshire, is wearing jeans that are strategically, even fashionably, ripped above her far-from-knobbly knees. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
How to grow citrus trees - Telegraph
Or try the ugli tangelo, a natural hybrid, thought to be between a grapefruit and tangerine, which has knobbly fruit and a rich flavour and texture. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Trinity Nuclear Weapon Test: Why the US Brought Reporters to the …
The glass takes strange shapes—lopsided marbles, knobbly sheets a quarter-inch thick, broken, thin-walled bubbles, green, wormlike forms. «TIME, Jul 15»
4
Napoleonic war veteran image a way into rabbit hole of history
Those knobbly hands once fired a musket in one of the most celebrated battles in history and those squinting eyes saw Napoleon Bonaparte in ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
5
Object of Intrigue: Glass Made by an Atomic Bomb
It also created something a little smaller: scattered lumps of knobbly green glass. Trinitite is the mineral that formed from sand that liquefied ... «Atlas Obscura, Jul 15»
6
Learning about the life of a devoted lumpsucker
The adults are about the size and shape of a knobbly melon, with both sexes in the main a slate grey colour, except for the belly of the male which is a bright, ... «Gazette & Herald, Jul 15»
7
Wimbledon 2015: 50 things we learned
With his knobbly knees, the soft courts do not suit the Spaniard in the opening rounds. If he can scrape through to the fourth round, he may be a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Artist runs riot in former BBC TV HQ before it's demolished
In the next room are skylights that bear an uncanny resemblance to the knobbly bits on a Dalek. Curators also came across a store cupboard in ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
9
All the fun of the fare
Many gourds and roots are knobbly wonders — fresh wasabi looks inedible until shaved on sharkskin graters to reveal luscious green flesh. «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
From wild camping to festivals: have a sustainable student summer
... new Glastonbury 2015 photos are still making the occasional appearance on your Facebook feed and the streets are lined with pale, knobbly ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Knobbly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/knobbly>. Apr 2024 ».
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