[
UK
/dˈɔːnɒb/
]
[ US /ˈduɹnɑb/ ]
[ US /ˈduɹnɑb/ ]
NOUN
- a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
How To Use doorknob In A Sentence
- It's simple for a thief to break glass panels and then reach in and open a doorknob from the inside. HOME SECURITY BASICS
- As soon as she laid her hand on the doorknob the door opened from the inside and she jumped back with a start.
- Being five inches in diameter, the doorknobs were more than twice the size of regular glass doorknobs of the same period and style.
- The only distinguishing feature was a silver doorknob, blanketed with a thick layer of dust.
- Wood bannisters and staircases, rooms with curved windows, doorknobs that were made out of glass. August 2006
- I look up the central stairs to a row of white doors with antiquated doorknobs.
- The doorknobs' roses or rosettes are simply cast and machined brass discs with a ribbed outside border having a three-inch diameter, twice the size of the normal knob rose.
- She turned the giant clear doorknob on the heavy front door and forcefully pulled it towards herself.
- From 1898 until he died in 1927, he anatomized Old Paris right down to the doorknobs -- the book is the exact size of a Parisian cobblestone -- but as arranged, neighborhood by neighborhood, the photos comprise one of the great works of art of the last two centuries. All I Want For Christmas...
- He shook his head and we both watched as someone tried to turn the doorknob and push the door open.