notch
IPA: nˈɑtʃ
noun
- A V-shaped cut.
- Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
- (US slang) Woman.
- An indentation.
- A mountain pass; a defile.
- (finance) A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
- (informal) A level or degree.
- (electronics) A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
verb
- (transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
- (transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
- (transitive) To join by means of notches.
- (transitive, informal) To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
- (transitive) To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock.
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Examples of "notch" in Sentences
- The other end of the notch is open.
- The fluke has a notch in the middle.
- Note the notch at the base of the leaflet.
- The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching.
- The ramrod was held in a long notch underneath the musket.
- A notch is formed in the pin in the area of the free end thereof.
- The only one with the notch is the one used to tranfer the butter.
- The notches in the sub plates are shorter than the notch in the flange.
- A briquette guide is disposed on the downstream side of the notching rolls.
- Manufacture of the fastener by coining of the interlock notches is facilitated.
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