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# knobbly

adjective (knobbly, knobblier, knobbliest); US often «knobby»

«knobbly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Knobbly means covered with small round lumps or bumps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#m1)
2. Knobbly knees are bony knees that stick out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes old trees, tree roots, potatoes, walking sticks or a knobbly old man's hands. In science lessons on materials or plants it describes bumpy textures. Phrases: «knobbly knees», «a knobbly stick», «knobbly tyres».

### Examples

- The old oak tree had a knobbly trunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x1)
- He laughed at his own knobbly knees in his shorts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x2)
- The mountain bike has knobbly tyres for mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x3)
- Gran's knobbly walking stick is made from a branch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x4)
- Ginger is a knobbly root. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x5)
- The toad's back was knobbly and brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/#x6)

### Note

Mainly UK, Australia and New Zealand; the USA usually says «knobby». The «k» is silent: «NOB-lee». Comes from «knob» (a round lump or handle).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «knobbly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knobbly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knobbly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/knobbly.html) on Mova free.