notch
85
3.9
- noun
- /nɑtʃ/
:
muesca
- "Candy slipped the buckle of Beth's seat belt into the notch and locked it."
- cut a notch
- notch in the lip
- patellar notch
I'm on the second last notch here on this watch band.
- I'm on the second last notch here on this watch band.
- So it doesn't tell us about sex, doesn't get into like the notch on his cane.
- It's just like easy easy big fish, easy notch in the belt.
Examples
-
I'm on the second last notch here on this watch band.
-
I had a walking stick, and I cut a notch in it every night.
Fiction book (1990) -
When you push down on the handle while turning the combination wheel, you can hear the bolt drop into the notch on the disc.
-
A 2-inch-wide, 14-inch-long notch was cut out of the side of the pipe facing each system.
Academic text (2006) -
The carpenter made a deep notch in the wood to allow the two pieces to fit together more securely.
-
He carved a small notch in the tree to mark the spot where he found his favorite fishing place.
-
To measure the height of the shelf, she placed a pencil mark at the notch of the measuring tape.
Synonyms
200
3.6
A small cut in a surface or object
13
7.8
A small cut made on a surface to show a number
13
3.7
A small dent in a surface that cutting or hitting causes
6
9.9
A small cut on a surface used to count things
6
1.6
A small rounded dip on a surface like a golf ball
5
5.8
A small chip or notch in the surface of something
2
5.7
A narrow cut an artist makes on a surface to show a design
1
4.6
A small cut or mark on a surface that appears when something hits it
1
7.2
One of the small tooth-like notches along an edge
A small sharp cut or notch that makes a quiet sound
A curved cut or hollow in a coastline, like a small bay
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small curved dip on the top edge of the lower jaw between two bony points
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Notch originally meant a small cut or groove, like a tiny nick in wood people used to make to count days. So a notch is a small V-shaped mark for recording, measuring, or decoration.