nubby

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective nubby has 1 sense

nubby(s = adj.all) homespun, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy - of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

Derived forms noun nub₁, noun nubbiness₁

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THESAURUS

nubby

burled, gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, nappy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, pily, pitted, shaggy, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous

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