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knot

/nˈɑt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

  1. a tight cluster of people or things
    “a small knot of women listened to his sermon”
  2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
  3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
    “the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
  4. (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
  5. something twisted and tight and swollen
    “their muscles stood out in knots”
  6. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
  7. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

verb

  1. make into knots; make knots out of
    “She knotted her fingers”
  2. tie or fasten into a knot
    “knot the shoelaces”
  3. tangle or complicate
    “a ravelled story”

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Words that rhyme with knot

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