OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 38487

doorknob

/ˈdɔː.nɒb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perilla • pomo • pomo de la puerta
A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
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 t…