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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 maze-like pattern.
  • (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.
 solmu
  • A tangled clump of hair or similar.
 solmu, takku
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
 oksa, oksankanta, oksankohta
  • A difficult situation.
 kiikki, kiipeli, pulma, solmu
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
 kuhmu, patti

knot verb

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

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 isosirri, sirri
overhand knot
umpisolmu
red knot
isosirri
granny knot
ämmänsolmu
wall knot
pleissi, pujos
great knot
vuorisirri
Gordian knot
Gordionin solmu
slip knot
vetosilmukka
reef knot
merimiessolmu, reivisolmu
knot theory
solmuteoria
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