'Notch' definitions:
Definition of 'notch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
noun
The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass, mountain pass, notch]
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
verb
Cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"
verb
Notch a surface to record something
Definition of 'Notch'
From: GCIDE
- Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched (n[o^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]
- 1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. [1913 Webster]
- God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Notch'
From: GCIDE
- Notch \Notch\ (n[o^]ch), n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. [1913 Webster]
- And on the stick ten equal notches makes. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'notch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- alveolation,
- alveolus,
- amount,
- arroyo,
- birthmark,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- box canyon,
- brand,
- breach,
- break,
- caliber,
- canyon,
- caste mark,
- cavity,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- check off,
- checkmark,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chop,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- compass,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crenellate,
- crenulate,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- crimp,
- cut,
- cwm,
- dapple,
- dash,
- defile,
- define,
- degree,
- delimit,
- dell,
- demarcate,
- dent,
- depress,
- dike,
- dimple,
- dint,
- discolor,
- discoloration,
- ditch,
- donga,
- dot,
- draw,
- earmark,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- excavation,
- extent,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flume,
- fracture,
- freckle,
- furrow,
- gain,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- gradation,
- grade,
- graving,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hack,
- hatch,
- height,
- hole,
- honeycomb,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- incise,
- incision,
- indent,
- indentation,
- indention,
- indenture,
- interval,
- jag,
- joint,
- jot,
- kloof,
- knurl,
- leak,
- leap,
- lentigo,
- level,
- line,
- machicolate,
- macula,
- make a mark,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- marking,
- measure,
- mill,
- moat,
- mole,
- mottle,
- nevus,
- nick,
- nock,
- nuance,
- nullah,
- opening,
- pas,
- pass,
- passage,
- patch,
- peg,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- period,
- picot,
- pink,
- pit,
- pitch,
- plane,
- plateau,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- point,
- polka dot,
- press in,
- prick,
- print,
- proportion,
- punch,
- punch in,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- range,
- ratio,
- ravine,
- reach,
- recess,
- register,
- remove,
- rent,
- riddle,
- rift,
- rime,
- round,
- rung,
- rupture,
- scale,
- scallop,
- scar,
- scarification,
- scarify,
- scissure,
- scope,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- seal,
- seam,
- serrate,
- set back,
- set in,
- shade,
- shadow,
- slash,
- slit,
- slot,
- space,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- split,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stage,
- stain,
- stair,
- stamp,
- standard,
- step,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- stint,
- strawberry mark,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- sunken part,
- tamp,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tittle,
- tooth,
- trace,
- tread,
- trench,
- underline,
- underscore,
- valley,
- Vandyke,
- void,
- wadi,
- watermark,
- win