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Meanings of door knobs in English

Russian
дверная ручка
Portuguese
maçaneta
Spanish
tirador
Catalan
maneta
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Attached device used to open or close a door.

        дверная ручка
        Usage of door knobs in English
        1
        Cheap door knobs always look cheap, whereas expensive ones give a polished look.
        The Guardian
        2
        Finished with the door knobs, she rushed toward the foyer.
        In the Dark
        3
        They used buttons and door knobs whittled out of wood, and door latches with strings.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        4
        Bakelite was quickly adopted by designers and made into household objects ranging from telephones to clocks, door knobs to radios.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Doubtless the reader, were he setting on a pile of door knobs as big as his head, would do the same thing.
        The Dollar Hen
        6
        The most important thing which we are going to mention in this division of the chapter is the disinfection of the door knobs.
        The Mother and Her Child
        7
        Door knobs are one of the very greatest avenues of contagion-disinfectthem.
        The Mother and Her Child
        8
        Door knobs, sometimes," said Mr. Merrick, "but seldom pork chops.
        Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
        Translations for door knobs
        Portuguese
        maçaneta
        Catalan
        maneta