notch
notch
Definition
notch (näc̸h)
noun
- a concave or -shaped cut or indentation in an edge or across a surface
- ☆ a narrow pass with steep sides; defile; gap
- Informal a step; grade; degree; peg a notch below average
Etymology: prob. < ME (a)n oche < OFr oche, osche, a notch < oschier, to notch
transitive verb
- to cut a notch or notches in; indent with notches
- to record or tally, as by means of notches
notch′er noun
notch
Synonyms
notch
Synonyms
notch
Usage Examples
Object
- trowel: The mortar is applied using a tooth notched trowel to give a 3 to 6mm adhesive bed.
- hat-trick: The five-year-old notched a hat-trick of victories over seven furlongs and a mile between December and February.
- rectangle: The Raven Stone A class one Pictish stone showing the Sea Eagle and notched rectangle with z rod symbols the black infill is recent.
- goal: Pools went into the game having notched 12 goals in their previous three fixtures.
- victory: Clarksfield B at last notched a victory, 11-0 at home to fellow strugglers Rochdale B to take them closer to the safety zone.
Converse of object
- carve: The underside of the rim has 36 hand carved finger notches.
- cut: You can make a simple jig by cutting v notches into an open topped cardboard box.
Adjective modifier
- sciatic: It does not provide access to the bone above the sciatic notch.
- interdental: The six teeth are considerably worn down and have wide interdental notches; the points of the teeth form an irregular semicircle.
- top: Delivery service is also top notch, please pass on my regards.
- median: Tail flukes are pointed at the tips with a concave trailing edge and a deep median notch.
- deep: Tail flukes are pointed at the tips with a concave trailing edge and a deep median notch.
Modifies a noun
- filter: The first is a three position notch filter discrimination.
Noun used with modifier
- V: In the mechanical testing of steel it is the unit used in the Charpy V notch impact test.
- finger: The underside of the rim has 36 finger notches.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: The Security Officer's story Bryan Watkins has notched up 15 years making sure all runs smoothly.
Particle object:
- victory: Horses who notch up a convincing victory on their last appearance, for example, often attract widespread of attention.
- win: In 2004 we notched up wins from Elite coxless pairs to Senior 3 fours.
- appearance: He enjoyed his spell on the South Coast notching up 126 league appearances in which he scored 4 goals.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Here Jon notched up his second good idea of the trip.
Browse dictionary entries near notch
- notation
- notate
- notary public
- notary
- notarize
- notarial
- notably
- notable
- notability
- notabilia
- notched
- note
- note of hand
- note over bond spread
- notebook
- notecard
- notecase
- noted
- noteless
- notepad
