knot

nouns

a tight cluster of people or things
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
knot
is a type of (narrower)
a grouping of a number of similar things
"a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
bunch, clump, cluster, clustering
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
knot
is derived from
knotty
is a type of (narrower)
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
knot
is a part of
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
board, plank
is a type of (narrower)
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
wood
something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
gnarl, knot
is derived from
knotty
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
burl, knot, slub
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot

verbs

make into knots; make knots out of
"She knotted her fingers"
knot
is a type of (narrower)
make from scratch
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
knot
is a type of (narrower)
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
"They tied their victim to the chair"
bind, tie
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
knot, ravel, tangle
antonym
unknot