notch

notch is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
2. noun. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
3. transitive verb. To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
4. transitive verb. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
5. noun. a small cut

   Synonyms: nick, snick

6. noun. a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface

   "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver"

7. noun. the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

   "we got through the pass before it started to snow"

   Synonyms: pass

8. noun. a V-shaped indentation

   "mandibular notch"

9. verb. notch a surface to record something
10. verb. cut or make a notch into

    "notch the rope"

Synonyms

nick, snick, pass

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in notch:

nocht

Common word forms

notched, notcher, notches, notchful, notching

Words from these letters

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