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knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (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.
 knob
  • 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.
  • (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
 knude, knob
  • A tangled clump of hair or similar.
 knude
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
 bule, hævelse
  • A difficult situation.
 hårdknude
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
 knast

knot verb

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
 knytte
  • (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
 rynke
  • To unite closely; to knit together.
 sammenbinde

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 islandsk ryle
Gordian knot
gordisk knude
reef knot
råbåndsknob
knot theory
knudeteori
granny knot
kællingeknude
overhand knot
overhåndsknob
root-knot nematode
rodgallenematode
fisherman's knot
fiskerknob
constrictor knot
kvælerstik
handcuff knot
slagterstik
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