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noun an angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally.
New England and Upstate New York . a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile.
Informal . a step, degree, or grade: This camera is a notch better than the other.
Metallurgy . a taphole in a blast furnace: iron notch; cinder notch.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to cut or make a notch in.
to record by notches: He notched each kill on the stick.
to score, as in a game: He notched another win.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Idioms for notchnotch up / down , to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree.
Origin of notch 1570–80;
a notch (by false division) for
an *otch <Old French
oche notch
OTHER WORDS FROM notch notchy, adjective un·notched, adjective Words nearby notch not born yesterday, not breathe a word, not built that way, not by a long shot, not by any means, notch , notch baby, notchback, notched collar, notch effect, notchy
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Sternum differs from that of C. clangula by having the notch lower, more faint behind and shorter in front.
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The lip is swollen and four-lobed, but without any appendage in the notch , and is of a deep purple-brown, with yellowish markings.
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British Dictionary definitions for notch noun a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick
a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object
US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge
informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above )
verb (tr) to cut or make a notch in
to record with or as if with a notch
(usually foll by up) informal to score or achieve the team notched up its fourth win
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for notch C16: from incorrect division of an otch (as a notch ), from Old French oche notch, from Latin obsecāre to cut off, from secāre to cut
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Idioms and Phrases with notch The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Words related to notch rung, gash, cut, indent, incision, scratch, indenture, gap, nick, score, cleft, mill, mark, groove, rut, nock, rabbet, grade, step, degree
Medical definitions for notch n. An indentation at the edge of a structure; an incisure.
An upstroke or peak on a pulse tracing.
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