| Main Entry: | notch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indentation |
Synonyms: |
cleft, cut, gap, gash, groove, incision, indent, indenture, mark, mill, nick, nock, rabbet, rut, score, scratch |
| Main Entry: | notch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level within classification |
Synonyms: |
cut, degree, grade, rung, stage, step |
| Main Entry: | notch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indent |
Synonyms: |
chisel, cleave, crenelate, crimp, cut, dent, gash, incise, jag, mark, mill, nick, scallop, score, scratch |
Antonyms: |
flush |
| Concept: | Notch. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple., embrasure, battlement, machicolation; saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke; depression; jag.
-verbs
notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scollop, scallop, crenulate, vandyke.
-adjectives
notched; crenate, crenated, pinked; denate, denated; denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated, serrated.
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| Main Entry: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape formed by two lines meeting at a point |
Synonyms: |
V, Y, bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, flection, flexure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
Synonyms: |
dent, flake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
Synonyms: |
break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crack off, crumble, cut away, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hackle, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
Synonyms: |
bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
Synonyms: |
carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |