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How to pronounce doorknob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms doorhandle
Type of knob

Examples of doorknob

doorknob
She has yet to attend a PTA meeting or decorate so much as a classroom doorknob.
From the post-gazette.com
Snyder picked a brass doorknob off the ground and shook the iron shaft out of it.
From the theatlantic.com
One sign hanging on a doorknob, and the day's work was shortened by half an hour.
From the edition.cnn.com
Golden candlesticks and a crystal doorknob atop piles of books finish the look.
From the kansas.com
Hang it on a doorknob, incorporate it into tie-back curtains or drape on your bed.
From the sltrib.com
All three with their hands on the doorknob of whatever awaits this franchise.
From the ocregister.com
This after 11 months of draping it over the doorknob of the back hall closet.
From the buffalonews.com
Outside the Johnson bedroom door, the President struggled with the doorknob.
From the time.com
Tie the middle of the cord in a knot on the doorknob of one side of a bathroom door.
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More examples
  • A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
  • A door handle is used to open or close a door. In the United States, door handle can refer to any fixed or lever-operated door latch device, including on car doors. The term door knob (or simply doorknob) tends to refer to round operating mechanisms.
  • A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door
  • (Doorknobs) Originally made as a joke to suggest that the Tech-Savy-At-Risk-Panther would beat Savrin like a real abusive domestic relationship. The traditional reference being an abused wife covering up the origins of her black eye as "I fell into/on a doorknob. ...
  • Hardware for securing a door. Also known as Entry Door Knob.