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knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • 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.
  • A tangled clump of hair or similar.
  • (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
  • (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
 nus
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
 grop

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 territ gros
Gordian knot
nus gordià
sword knot
dragona
olive knot
berruga de l'olivera
reef knot
nus pla
overhand knot
nus simple
seek a knot in a bulrush
buscar tres peus al gat
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