Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: notch
IPA transcription: [n'ɑtʃ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: notch
    Meaning: a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: notch
    Meaning: cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"
Usage examples
  • The sapling, jarred out of the notch, springing upward!
  • Next we get a stake, cut a notch in it, and drive it into the ground--so.
  • The sapling is bent down to it and fitted into the notch, which holds it down.
  • Then he had to make two stakes from stout, hard wood, cut a notch at one end, and drive them into the ground with the flat of the hatchet.
  • The stick should be 1 1/2 or 2 feet long, 2 inches in diameter, and notched at either end, and attached to the hand-line by a couple of strings, each 6 feet long, tied round either notch.
  • A, B, C, is the "lever-stick." Notch it deeply at A, where it is to receive the trigger; notch it also at B, half an inch from A; and at C, 5 inches or so from B. In lashing B to the grip of the stock at D, the firmer you make the lashing, the better.