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knobbly

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knobbly [ˈnɒblɪ]
adj -blier, -bliest
having or covered with small knobs; bumpy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.knobbly - having knobs; "had knobbly knees"
unshapely - not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman"
Translations
knobbly [ˈnɒblɪ] knobby [ˈnɒbɪ] ADJ (knobb(l)ier (compar) (knobb(l)iest (superl))) [stick] → nudoso; [knees] → huesudo
knobbly [ˈnɒbli] knobby [ˈnɒbi] (US) adj
[wood, surface] → noueux/euse
[knees] → noueux
knobbly
adj (+er) woodknorrig, verwachsen; surfaceuneben, höckrig, knubbelig (inf); knobbly kneesKnubbelknie pl (inf)
knobbly [ˈnɒblɪ] knob£by (Am) [ˈnɒbi] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (wood, surface) → nodoso/a; (knee) → ossuto/a
knobbly [ˈnɒblɪ] knob£by (Am) [ˈnɒbi] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (wood, surface) → nodoso/a; (knee) → ossuto/a


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by another team from Angers School of Art]; and a garden composed of Champagne vines adorned with bags of knobbly gourds, life-size effigies of breasts wrapped in barbed wire, phallic toadstools and other artefacts intended to illustrate that, 'like grapes, women's breasts inebriate body and soul' [Jardin d'Ivresses by a team from Rheims School of Art and Design].
The entire volume is clad in a curious, knobbly carapace of reddish brown self-coloured cement.
It is almost inevitable that grouped services of this kind have a disordered knobbly appearance, that seems at odds with the discipline of the rest of the building.
 
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