knot meaning
UK /nɒt/ US /nɑt/ 1 syllable
knot (noun): a tight cluster of people or things.
knot has 10 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.
knot as a noun
- a tight cluster of people or things
- a small knot of women listened to his sermon
- the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
Type of: bunch
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Type of: fastener
Kinds: barrel knot, bow, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure eight, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, Gordian knot, half hitch, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot
Related forms: knotty
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- the saw buckled when it hit a knot
Type of: wood
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
Type of: rate
- something twisted and tight and swollen
- their muscles stood out in knots
- the old man's fists were two great gnarls
- his stomach was in knots
Synonyms: gnarl
Type of: distorted shape
Related forms: knotty
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Type of: roughness
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Synonyms: greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus
Type of: sandpiper
knot as a verb
- make into knots; make knots out of
- She knotted her fingers
Type of: create from raw material
Kinds: macrame
- tie or fasten into a knot
- knot the shoelaces
Type of: tie
- tangle or complicate
- a ravelled story
Opposite: unknot
Type of: intertwine
How to pronounce knot
knot is pronounced /nɒt/ in British English and /nɑt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with knot
Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with KN · words ending in OT · 4-letter words
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