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notch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of notch

1 a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface
  • lifted up the fence rail and positioned it in the notch cut into the post
Synonyms of notch

chip, hack, indent, indentation, indenture, kerf, nick
Words Related to notch

joggle, nock, punch, snip

groove, score, undercut

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
Synonyms of notch

canyon (also cañon), col, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], pass, ravine, saddle
Words Related to notch

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure

combe (also coombe) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley

basin, floodplain, kettle

arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]
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
Synonyms of notch

chapter, cut, degree, grade, inch, peg, phase, place, point, stage, step
Words Related to notch

angle, aspect, facet, side

amount, measure, plane

decrement, increment

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