knot


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  


    View spelling list Silent k words and learn about the word knot in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 22. Words with silent letters e.g. wrap, comb, sign, knight.

    Scrabble score for knot

    k is 5 n is 1 o is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

    generated at 21:47:51 on 19-03-25

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