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Notch

Notch Meaning & Definition
Notch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Notch?

[n] a small cut
[n] a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver"
[n] the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
[n] a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
[v] notch a surface to record something
[v] cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Notch: mountain pass | nick | pass | snick

Related Terms | Find terms related to Notch: abysm | abyss | accomplish | achieve | alveolation | alveolus | amount | arroyo | birthmark | blaze | blaze a trail | blemish | blotch | box canyon | brand | breach | break | caliber | canyon | caste mark | cavity | chalk | chalk up | chap | chasm | check | check off | checkmark | chimney | chink | chop | cicatrix | cicatrize | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | compass | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crenellate | crenulate | crevasse | crevice | crimp | cut | cwm | dapple | dash | defile | define | degree | delimit | dell | demarcate | dent | depress | dike | dimple | dint | discolor | discoloration | ditch | donga | dot | draw | earmark | engrave | engraving | excavation | extent | fault | fissure | flaw | fleck | flick | flume | fracture | freckle | furrow | gain | gap | gape | gash | gorge | gouge | gradation | grade | graving | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hack | hatch | height | hole | honeycomb | impress | impression | imprint | incise | incision | indent | indentation | indention | indenture | interval | jag | joint | jot | kloof | knurl | leak | leap | lentigo | level | line | machicolate | macula | make a mark | mark | mark off | mark out | marking | measure | mill | moat | mole | mottle | nevus | nick | nock | nuance | nullah | opening | pas | pass | passage | patch | peg | pencil | pepper | period | picot | pink | pit | pitch | plane | plateau | pock | pockmark | point | polka dot | press in | prick | print | proportion | punch | punch in | punctuate | puncture | range | ratio | ravine | reach | recess | register | remove | rent | riddle | rift | rime | round | rung | rupture | scale | scallop | scar | scarification | scarify | scissure | scope | score | scotch | scratch | scratching | seal | seam | serrate | set back | set in | shade | shadow | slash | slit | slot | space | speck | speckle | splash | split | splotch | spot | stage | stain | stair | stamp | standard | step | stigma | stigmatize | stint | strawberry mark | streak | striate | stripe | sunken part | tamp | tattoo | tattoo mark | tick | tick off | tittle | tooth | trace | tread | trench | underline | underscore | valley | Vandyke | void | wadi | watermark | win

See Also | chain | chain of mountains | col | Cumberland Gap | cut | cutting | defile | enter | gap | gorge | incise | incisura | incisure | indent | indentation | indentation | indenture | indenture | Khyber Pass | location | mark | mountain chain | mountain range | nock | put down | range | range of mountains | record | saddle | saddleback | score | serration | thumb index

Notch In Webster's Dictionary

\Notch\, n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. {Nick} a notch.] 1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. --Swift. 2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
\Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Notching}.] 1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick. 2. 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.

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