"knobbly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: knobblier [comparative], knobbliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒbəli Etymology: knobble + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knobble|y}} knobble + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} knobbly (comparative knobblier, superlative knobbliest)
  1. Having a covering of small knobs. Derived forms: knobblies Related terms: knobby Translations (having a covering of small knobs): възлест (vǎzlest) (Bulgarian), чепат (čepat) (Bulgarian), kyhmyinen (Finnish), kuhmurainen (Finnish), noueux [masculine] (French), knubbelig (German), knotig (German), pūtenetene (Maori), pūrekereke (Maori), nodos (Romanian), nudoso (Spanish)

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