knot
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Related to knot: Knot theory, nautical mile
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Synonyms for knot
tie the knot
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- get married
- marry
- wed
- espouse
- take the plunge
- walk down the aisle
- get hitched
- get spliced
- become man and wife
- wive
- take to wife
- plight your troth
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Synonyms for knot
a number of individuals making up or considered a unit
something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex
a part that protrudes or extends outward
a small raised area of skin resulting from a light blow or an insect sting, for example
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Synonyms for knot
a tight cluster of people or things
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any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
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- barrel knot
- blood knot
- bow
- bowknot
- carrick bend
- clove hitch
- fastening
- holdfast
- fastener
- fixing
- figure eight
- figure of eight
- fisherman's bend
- fisherman's knot
- truelove knot
- true lover's knot
- Gordian knot
- half hitch
- hawser bend
- hitch
- loop knot
- love knot
- lover's knot
- lovers' knot
- true lovers' knot
- overhand knot
- prolonge knot
- sailor's breastplate
- sheepshank
- slipknot
- square knot
- stopper knot
- surgeon's knot
- Turk's head
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
something twisted and tight and swollen
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a unit of length used in navigation
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soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
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a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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make into knots
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