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/ˈdɔː.nɒb/ · noun
A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door..
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
Use door knob when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Door knob means A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door..
Common synonyms include doorhandle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
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