knot - noun

a tight cluster of people or things

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

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

something twisted and tight and swollen

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

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

knot - verb

• make into knots; make knots out of
• tie or fasten into a knot
• tangle or complicate

knot - thesaurus

burl   gnarl   grayback   greyback   mi   mile   ravel   slub   tangle