Notch
[nɒtʃ] or [nɑtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a small cut.
(noun.) a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; 'there were four notches in the handle of his revolver'.
(noun.) a V-shaped indentation; 'mandibular notch'.
(verb.) notch a surface to record something.
(verb.) cut or make a notch into; 'notch the rope'.
Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
(n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
(v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
(v. t.) To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
Inputed by Cornelia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Nick, indentation, dent, dint, incision.
v. a. Nick, cut notches in.
Checked by Dolores
Definition
n. a nick cut in anything: an indentation incision incisure: a narrow pass in a rock or between two mountains.—v.t. to cut a hollow into.—n. Notch′-board the board which receives the ends of the steps of a staircase—also Bridge-board.—adjs. Notch′-eared having emarginate ears as the notch-eared bat; Notched nicked.—n. Notch′ing a method of joining framing-timbers by halving scarfing or caulking.
Edited by Elsie
Examples
- Then the bowl became ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of the handle was rounded, without the notch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs; a breathless silence ensued. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I will notch his shaft for him, however, replied Locksley. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then I rose at a sharp angle, throwing my speed lever to its last notch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As the hammers move back the mainspring is compressed, and when the dog B is removed from the notch by pulling on the trigger, the hammers are released and the gun fired. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With speed lever pulled to the last notch, we raced toward the north as we rose ever farther and farther above that terrible valley of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The arrow-end was apt to slip from the string until some one thought to notch it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The bowl was perfectly oval in shape, while the end of the handle was notched or trifid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I pulled in the line and wrapped it on a stick notched at each end. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But I won't keep a count of people I have killed as though it were a trophy record or a disgusting business like notches in a gun, he told himself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It had a segment bearing the letters of the alphabet and corresponding notches acting as an index. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- More than once, as tufts of grass came out in my hand or my foot slipped in the wet notches of the rock, I thought that I was gone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Percival