Associations to the word «Doorknob»

Wiktionary

DOORKNOB, noun. A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.

Dictionary definition

DOORKNOB, noun. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope