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notches

noun , plural of notch

Synonyms and Antonyms of notches

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 notches

chips, hacks, indents, indentations, indentures, kerfs, nicks

Words Related to notches

joggles, nocks, punches, snips

grooves, scores, undercuts

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 notches

canyons (also cañons), cols, couloirs, defiles, flumes, gaps, gills [British], gorges, gulches, gulfs, kloofs [South African], linns [chiefly Scottish], passes, ravines, saddles

Words Related to notches

abysses, chasms, cirques, clefts, crevasses, crevices, cwms [chiefly British], fissures

combes (also coombes) [British], dales, dells, glens, hollows, shut-ins, vales, valleys

basins, floodplains, kettles

arroyos, barrancas (also barrancos), coulees, draws, gullies (also gulleys), gutters, nullahs, trenches, troughs, wadis, washes [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 notches

chapters, cuts, degrees, grades, inches, pegs, phases, places, points, stages, steps

Words Related to notches

angles, aspects, facets, sides

amounts, measures, planes

decrements, increments

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