"doorknob" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɔː.nɒb/ [UK], /ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/ [US] Forms: doorknobs [plural]
Etymology: From door + knob. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|door|knob}} door + knob Head templates: {{en-noun}} doorknob (plural doorknobs)
  1. A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door): مِقْبَض اَلْبَاب (miqbaḍ al-bāb) [masculine] (Arabic), أكرة الباب (ʔukrat el-bāb) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), dornell [feminine] (Breton), pom [masculine] (Catalan), 門把手 (Chinese Mandarin), 门把手 (mén bǎshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 門把 (Chinese Mandarin), 门把 (ménbà) (Chinese Mandarin), klika [feminine] (Czech), dørhåndtag [neuter] (Danish), dørgreb [neuter] (Danish), deurknop [masculine] (Dutch), pordanso (Esperanto), pordobutono (Esperanto), butono (Esperanto), ovennuppi (Finnish), ovenkahva (Finnish), bouton de porte [masculine] (French), clenche [feminine] (French), poignée de porte [feminine] (French), pomo [masculine] (Galician), tianche [masculine] (Gallo), კარის სახელური (ḳaris saxeluri) (Georgian), Türknauf [masculine] (German), Türknopf [masculine] (German), Türklinke [feminine] (German), πόμολο (pómolo) [neuter] (Greek), χερούλι (cheroúli) [neuter] (Greek), kilincs (Hungarian), húnn [masculine] (Icelandic), pordo-butono (Ido), murlán dorais [masculine] (Irish), pomello [masculine] (Italian), ドアノブ (doanobu) (Japanese), ドアハンドル (doahandoru) (Japanese), ізік тудазы (ìzìk tudazı) (Khakas), 문손잡이 (munsonjabi) (Korean), 손잡이 (sonjabi) (Korean), квака (kvaka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pōrori (Maori), dørhåndtak (Norwegian Bokmål), dørvrider [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), дуары хӕцӕн (dwary xæcæn) (Ossetian), Däarenknoop [masculine] (Plautdietsch), klamka [feminine] (Polish), maçaneta [feminine] (Portuguese), дверна́я ру́чка (dvernája rúčka) [feminine] (Russian), ру́чка две́ри (rúčka dvéri) [feminine] (Russian), квака [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kvaka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), perilla [feminine] (Spanish), pomo [masculine] (Spanish), pomo de la puerta [masculine] (Spanish), dörrhandtag [neuter] (Swedish), tumbol (Tagalog), ลูกบิด (lûuk-bìt) (Thai), སྒོའི་ལག་འཇུ (sgo'i lag 'ju) (Tibetan), tokmak (Turkish), tay nắm cửa (Vietnamese), nắm đấm cửa (Vietnamese), bwlyn drws [masculine] (Welsh), dwrn drws [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-doorknob-en-noun-2MRApgYN Disambiguation of Architectural elements: 94 6 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door': 100 0
  2. (informal, derogatory) A stupid person. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-doorknob-en-noun-NdWfaHUB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Synonyms: door knob, door-knob [archaic] Derived forms: dead as a doorknob, deaf as a doorknob, doorknob phenomenon, dumb as a doorknob Related terms: door handle
Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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          "word": "pordo-butono"
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
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          "word": "murlán dorais"
        },
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
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          "word": "ізік тудазы"
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "word": "문손잡이"
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "word": "손잡이"
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
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          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "tumbol"
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lûuk-bìt",
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          "word": "ลูกบิด"
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sgo'i lag 'ju",
          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "word": "སྒོའི་ལག་འཇུ"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "tokmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "word": "tay nắm cửa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "word": "nắm đấm cửa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bwlyn drws"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dwrn drws"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A stupid person."
      ],
      "id": "en-doorknob-en-noun-NdWfaHUB",
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) A stupid person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔː.nɒb/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "door knob"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "door-knob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doorknob"
}
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English endocentric compounds",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:Architectural elements",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dead as a doorknob"
    },
    {
      "word": "deaf as a doorknob"
    },
    {
      "word": "doorknob phenomenon"
    },
    {
      "word": "dumb as a doorknob"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "door",
        "3": "knob"
      },
      "expansion": "door + knob",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From door + knob.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doorknobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "doorknob (plural doorknobs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "door handle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 2, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3",
          "text": "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circular",
          "circular"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "unlatch",
          "unlatch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stupid person."
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) A stupid person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔː.nɒb/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "door knob"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "door-knob"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miqbaḍ al-bāb",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِقْبَض اَلْبَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔukrat el-bāb",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أكرة الباب"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dornell"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "門把手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mén bǎshǒu",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "门把手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "門把"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménbà",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "门把"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dørhåndtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dørgreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deurknop"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "pordanso"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "pordobutono"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "butono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ovennuppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ovenkahva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bouton de porte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clenche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poignée de porte"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-gal",
      "lang": "Gallo",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tianche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳaris saxeluri",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "კარის სახელური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Türknauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Türknopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Türklinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pómolo",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πόμολο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheroúli",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χερούλι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "kilincs"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "húnn"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "pordo-butono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "murlán dorais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doanobu",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ドアノブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doahandoru",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ドアハンドル"
    },
    {
      "code": "kjh",
      "lang": "Khakas",
      "roman": "ìzìk tudazı",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ізік тудазы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munsonjabi",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "문손잡이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sonjabi",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "손잡이"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kvaka",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "квака"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "pōrori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "dørhåndtak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dørvrider"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "dwary xæcæn",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "дуары хӕцӕн"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Däarenknoop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klamka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maçaneta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvernája rúčka",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дверна́я ру́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rúčka dvéri",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́чка две́ри"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "квака"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kvaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo de la puerta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dörrhandtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "tumbol"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lûuk-bìt",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "ลูกบิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sgo'i lag 'ju",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "སྒོའི་ལག་འཇུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "tokmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "tay nắm cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "word": "nắm đấm cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bwlyn drws"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwrn drws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doorknob"
}

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