knot (n)

n03627232

type n
lex_filenum 06
def any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
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Hypernym fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
Derivationally related form knot → knotty; knot → knot
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
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Derivationally related form knotty → knot; knot → knot
Hypernym 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
Hyponym fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

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