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doorknob From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Housedoorknobdoor‧knob /ˈdɔːnɒb $ ˈdɔːrnɑːb/ noun [countable] DHHa round handle that you turn to open a doorExamples from the Corpusdoorknob• Thus resolved, Theodora focused her flashlight on the brass doorknob on the panelled door.• Thick and wavy-grained like smoke, but thicker, like water, and a glass doorknob.• A second slab of beef has crawled out of bed and found his doorknob.• Then one day I came upstairs and caught her with her hand on my doorknob.• Everything was designed, including wastepaper baskets and the doorknobs.• With the bolt drawn and one hand on the doorknob, I paused to note the time.• Wasn't there a dark smear on the doorknob of the long room? |