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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.
  • (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
  • (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
  • (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.
 nœud

knot verb

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
 nouer
Gordian knot
nœud gordien
reef knot
nœud plat
slip knot
nœud coulant
sword knot
dragonne
seek a knot in a bulrush
chercher midi à quatorze heures
granny knot
nœud de vache
cut the Gordian knot
trancher le nœud gordien
red knot
bécasseau maubèche
square knot
nœud plat
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