Knot

What do we mean by knot?

A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope. noun

A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way. noun

A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid. noun

A unifying bond, especially a marriage bond. noun

A tight cluster of persons or things. noun

A feeling of tightness. noun

A complex problem. noun

A hard place or lump, especially on a tree, at a point from which a stem or branch grows. noun

The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber. noun

A protuberant growth or swelling in a tissue. noun

A division on a log line used to measure the speed of a ship. noun

A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 kilometers (1.15 statute miles) per hour. noun

A distance of one nautical mile. noun

A closed loop that is embedded in three-dimensional space and that can be intertwined with or tangled in itself, but that cannot intersect itself. noun

To tie in or fasten with a knot or knots. intransitive verb

To snarl or entangle. intransitive verb

To cause to form a knot or knots. intransitive verb

A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

(of hair, etc) A tangled clump.

A maze-like pattern.

A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).

A difficult situation.

The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.

A protuberant joint in a plant.

Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae

The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

A node.

A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.

A group of people or things.

A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1/120 of a mile.)

A nautical mile

The bulbus glandis

In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.

Words that are spelled similarly to knot:
knot.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word knot:
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Words that rhyme with knot:
lot, shot, trot, spot, thought, pot, fraught, plot, hot, ought, slot, not, wrought, juggernaut, rot, dot, distraught, sought, taut, squat, robot, alot, allot, yacht, got, cot, swat, taught, aught, bought, caught, snapshot, tot, boycott, blot, clot, naught, brought, upshot, onslaught, sot, cannot, astronaut, apricot, ascot, mascot, jot, overwrought, scot, lat, mott, whatnot, scott, ocelot, nought, jackpot, snot, ott, afterthought, crackpot, camelot, watt, wat, hotshot, ot, ararat, begot, fought, loquat, argonaut, baht, a lot, dreadnought, forethought, motte, slingshot, lott, aquanaut, gunshot, aforethought, earshot, topknot, haut, potshot, teapot, bott, cosmonaut, forgot, huguenot, scattershot, longshot, blind spot, lotte, sadat, croat, polka dot, melting pot, long shot, pepper pot, straught.

Adjectives that are often used to describe knot:
gordian, little, small, tight, top, hard, overhand, double, single, large, loose, simple, last, big, black, french, tangled, stomach, primitive, central, true, huge, cold, pine, thick, tiny, intricate, flat, complicated, eight, red, firm, secure, heavy, root, neat, complex, painful, round, inextricable, triple, half, surgical, square, twisted, endless, indissoluble, reef, fatal, extra, difficult, sound, vital, peculiar, famous, familiar, hitch, finished, grecian, trivial, curious, sacred, turkish, elaborate, shoulder, hair, granny, borromean.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective knot:
nematodes, hole, nematode, wind, breeze, winds, speed, holes, grass, current, ship, ships, work, gale, tide, boat, clip, fire, torches, headwind, disease, convoy, incognita, vessel, bearer, resistance, vessels, steamer, gusts, head, gait, range, currents, advantage, speeds, crosswind, destroyers, eye, tailwind, species, tie, boats, writing, cruiser, forces, records, limit, yawl, pace, destroyer, eelworm, technique, maker, torch, steamers, pull, procedure, circle, galls, javanica, cruisers, string, cutting, stream, creaking, populations, heads, garden, making, liners, stitch, motif, reception, fleet, submarine, infection, officers, tramp, record, torpedo, burke, fires, loop, carriers, battleships, splines, headwinds, tying, component, craft, mark, freighters.

Consonant match to knot:
note, night, nut, net, knit, neat, not, knight, nit, gnat, naught, newt, nat, nite, nought, neet, nate, nett, knout, nott, notte, nutt, knott.

Words that sound like knot:
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