Definitions for notch

notch notch

Spelling: [noch]
IPA: /nɒtʃ/

Notch is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in notch (chnot).

Definitions for notch

noun

  1. an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
  2. a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally.
  3. New England and Upstate New York. a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile.
  4. Informal. a step, degree, or grade:
  5. Metallurgy. a taphole in a blast furnace:

Idioms

  1. notch up / down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees:

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut or make a notch in.
  2. to record by notches:
  3. to score, as in a game:

Origin of notch

1570-80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch Old French oche notch

Examples for notch

Cover the pie with a crust, notch and ornament it, and bake it well.

Can you imagine Superman being handed over to a writer just a notch above amateur?

Despite committing 13 penalties, the Iroquois roared back from a late 8-3 deficit to notch it at 8-8 before giving up a late goal.

notch the edges handsomely, and put a paste flower in the centre.

notch and ornament it handsomely with leaves and flowers of paste.

Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves.

Then he turned to the nearest tree, and made a notch on the bark with the blade.

Did you feel Archer needed to, in the words of Emeril, kick it up a notch?

It had rained among the hills about the notch, and cleared off.

But while they have been taken down a notch, giants like Goldman Sachs still tower over their regulators.

Word Value for notch
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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