Another word for knot
Noun
gnarl, knot - something twisted and tight and swollen
Example:- their muscles stood out in knots
burl, knot, slub - soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
knot - a tight cluster of people or things
Example:- a small knot of women listened to his sermon
Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
knot - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
Example:- the saw buckled when it hit a knot
Verb
knot - tie or fasten into a knot
Example:- knot the shoelaces
knot, ravel, tangle - tangle or complicate
Example:- a ravelled story
knot - make into knots; make knots out of
Example:- She knotted her fingers