notch
notch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
- 2.To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
- 3.To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- barranca
- battlement
- between
- breach
- breachy
- break
- caesura
- canon
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- creek
- crenate
- crenated
- crenelle
- crenulate
- crevasse
- crevice
- crimp
- cut
- defile
- dent
- dentate
- dentated
- denticulate
- denticulated
- depression
- dike
- dimple
- embrasure
- far
- fissure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is notch.
- What is a narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain called?
- What is to cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick called?
- What is to fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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