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knot

Letters that make knot

o, k, n, t are letters that make 'knot'

Words within knot

not, no, No are words within 'knot'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of knot

knots is a word created by adding a letter to 'knot'

knot is a 4 letter word starting with k
knot is a 4 letter word ending with t

10 possible definitions for 'knot'

Knot as "a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

Calidris canutus, greyback, grayback have the same meaning as 'knot'

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of sandpiper.

knot as a member

'knot' can be a member of Calidris, genus Calidris.

Knot as "any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of fastener, holdfast, fixing, fastening.

Types of knot

barrel knot, blood knot, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure of eight, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, overhand knot, prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate, sheepshank, slipknot, square knot, stopper knot, surgeon's knot, Turk's head, bow, bowknot, true lover's knot, love knot, lovers' knot, half hitch, Gordian knot, figure eight are types of 'knot'.

Derivatives of knot

knot, knotty, snarled, snarly are derivatives of 'knot'.

Knot as "soft lump or unevenness in a yarn, either an imperfection or created by design"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

slub, burl have the same meaning as 'knot'

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of roughness, raggedness.

Derivatives of knot

burl is a derivative of knot.

Knot as "a tight cluster of people or things"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of cluster, clustering, clump, bunch.

Example of knot used within this context

"a small knot of women listened to his sermon", "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"

Knot as "a unit of length used in navigation, exactly 1,852 meters, historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

mile, nautical mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile have the same meaning as 'knot'

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of nautical linear unit.

Derivatives of knot

miler is a derivative of knot.

Knot as "a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of wood.

knot as a part

'knot' can be a part of board, plank.

Example of knot used within this context

"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

Knot as "tie or fasten into a knot"

Under this definition, knot is a verb and has the following properties:

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of tie, bind.

Derivatives of knot

knot is a derivative of knot.

Example of knot used within this context

"knot the shoelaces"

Knot as "tangle or complicate"

Under this definition, knot is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tangle, ravel have the same meaning as 'knot'

Antonyms

unravel, unknot, untangle, unscramble, unpick, unravel, ravel out, ravel have the opposite meaning of 'knot'

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of intertwine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace, twine.

Derivatives of knot

ravel, maze, ladder, gnarl, knot, run, tangle, snarl are derivatives of 'knot'.

Knot as "something twisted and tight and swollen"

Under this definition, knot is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

gnarl has the same meaning as knot

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of distortion, distorted shape.

Derivatives of knot

knotted, knotty, gnarled, gnarl, knot, tangle, ravel, snarled, snarly, gnarly, knobbed are derivatives of 'knot'.

Example of knot used within this context

"their muscles stood out in knots", "the old man's fists were two great gnarls", "his stomach was in knots"

Knot as "make into knots, make knots out of"

Under this definition, knot is a verb and has the following properties:

knot as a type

'knot' can be a type of create from raw stuff, create from raw material.

Types of knot

macrame is a type of knot.

Derivatives of knot

gnarl, knot are derivatives of 'knot'.

Example of knot used within this context

"She knotted her fingers"