knot, n.
(knots)
freq. cnt. 5
(knots)
freq. cnt. 5
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
knot
semantic pointers
hyponym
barrel knot, blood knot
bow, bowknot
carrick bend
clove hitch
figure eight, figure of eight
fisherman's bend
fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot
Gordian knot
half hitch
hawser bend
hitch
loop knot
love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, true lover's knot
overhand knot
prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate
sheepshank
slipknot
square knot
stopper knot
surgeon's knot
Turk's head
hypernym
a tight cluster of people or things
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
knot
sample sentences
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon""the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
knot
sample sentences
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
<noun.animal>
Calidris canutus grayback greyback knot
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
<noun.attribute>
burl knot slub
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
something twisted and tight and swollen
<noun.shape>
gnarl knot
sample sentences
"their muscles stood out in knots""the old man's fists were two great gnarls"
"his stomach was in knots"
semantic pointers
hypernym
(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
<noun.time>
knot
semantic pointers
hypernym