Notch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A V-shaped cut.
  • n. Such a cut used for keeping a record.
  • n. A narrow pass between mountains.
  • n. Informal A level or degree: a notch or two higher in quality.
  • v. To cut a notch in.
  • v. To record by or as if by making notches: notched the score on a stick.
  • v. Informal To achieve; score: notched 30 wins in a single season.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A V-shaped cut.
  • n. Such a cut, used for keeping a record
  • n. An indentation.
  • n. A mountain pass; a defile
  • n. A level or degree.
  • v. To cut a notch in (something).
  • v. To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
  • v. To join by means of notches.
  • v. : (transitive) To achieve (something).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
  • n. A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close pass; a defile.
  • v. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches.
  • v. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A nick or indentation; a small hollow or nick cut or sunk in anything, as in the end of an arrow for the reception of the bowstring.
  • n. In carpentry, a hollow cut in the face of a piece of timber for the reception of another piece.
  • n. A narrow defile or passage between mountains; or, more properly, the entrance to such a defile, when it is nearly closed by precipices or walls of rock on either hand.
  • n. A step or degree; a grade.
  • n. A point in the game of cricket.
  • n. In zoology and anatomy, an incision or incisure; an emargination: as, the interclavicular notch, the depression over the breast-bone between the prominent ends of the clavicles.
  • n. In armor, the bouche of a shield.
  • n. The large notch of the maxilla that forms the lateral and lower boundary of the entrance to the nasal cavity.
  • To cut a notch or notches in; indent; nick; hack; as, to notch a stick.
  • To place in a notch; fit to a string by the notch, as an arrow.
  • In cricket, to mark or score; have as score the number of.
  • n. The posterior or lower angle, formed by the meeting of the pubic bones. Same as pubic arch.
  • n. Same as undercut, 2.
  • To make an undercut in (a tree) preparatory to felling (it). Also undercut.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cut or make a notch into
  • n. a V-shaped indentation
  • v. notch a surface to record something
  • n. the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
  • n. a small cut
  • n. a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
  • Verb Form
    notched    notches    notching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    record    enter    put down    cut    cutting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nick    indentation    defile    indent    crenate    mill    score    nock   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Boche    Scotch    botch    crotch    gotch    lauch    poche    scotch    swatch    troche   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    groove    slot    fissure    indentation    lever    cleave    lug    ridge    opening    socket