KNOT
Scrabble letter values: K5N1O1T1 = 8
Definition
- verb make into knots.
- verb tie or fasten into a knot.
- verb tangle or complicate. — synonyms: ravel, tangle
- noun a tight cluster of people or things.
- noun any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
- noun a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.
- noun (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour.
- noun something twisted and tight and swollen. — synonyms: gnarl
- noun soft lump or unevenness in a yarn. — synonyms: slub, burl
- noun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere. — synonyms: greyback, grayback, Calidris_canutus
Examples
- “make knots out of”
- “She knotted her fingers”
- “knot the shoelaces”