Entry Word: notch

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface <lifted up the fence rail and put it in the notch cut into the post>

Synonyms chip, hack, indentation, kerf, nick

Related Words punch; groove, score; slit, slot

2 a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage <try to get through the notch before the storm blows in> — see canyon
3 an individual part of a process, series, or ranking <sales for the album increased, and it moved up another notch on the music charts> — see degree 1