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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.
 knoop, knot
  • (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.
 knoop
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
 buil, bluts
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
 knoest
  • A difficult situation.
 de knoop, knoei(boel)
  • A maze-like pattern.
 kluwen
  • (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
 kluwen, knoop

knot verb

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
 knopen, aaneenknopen, dichtknopen
  • (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
 fronsen

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 knot

knotted

knobbelig
hand knotted work
knoopwerk
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