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notch

noun

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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

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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