What does knobbed mean?
Knobbed means simple past and past participle of knob.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of knob.
a knobbed chromosome
1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, London: J. Nourse, Volume 4, Chapter 11, The Camelopard, pp. 299-300, No animal, either from its disposition, or its formation, seems less fitted for a state of natural hostility; its horns are blunt, and even knobbed at the ends; its teeth are made entirely for vegetable pasture […]
The chairs […] were railed with white bars across the back and knobbed with gold; neither the railings nor the knobs invited to ease.
For it's been a hard life, thought Mrs. Dempster. What hadn’t she given to it? Roses; figure; her feet too. (She drew the knobbed lumps beneath her skirt.)
Use knobbed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Knobbed means simple past and past participle of knob.
Common synonyms include crooked, gnarly, knotted, knotty.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a knobbed chromosome
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