notch

Noun
  1. A V-shaped indentation (synset 113928281)
    "mandibular notch"
    is a type of: indentation, indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
    subtypes: incisura, incisure - (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
  2. The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (synset 109409735)
    "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
    is a type of: location - a point or extent in space
    subtypes:
    • col, gap - a pass between mountain peaks
    • defile, gorge - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
    • saddle, saddleback - a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
    specific instances:
    • brenner pass - an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
    • cumberland gap - a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
    • donner pass - a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
    • khyber pass - a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
    is a part of: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains - a series of hills or mountains
    same as: mountain pass, pass
  3. A V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface (synset 103837945)
    "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver"
    is a type of: indentation, indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
    subtypes:
    • serration - a single notch in a row of notches
    • thumb index - one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections
    • undercut - a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall
  4. A small cut (synset 100388705)
    is a type of: cut, cutting - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
    same as: nick, snick
Verb
  1. Cut or make a notch into (synset 201279534)
    "notch the rope"
    is a type of: incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
    subtypes:
    • mark, nock, score - make small marks into the surface of
    • indent - notch the edge of or make jagged
  2. Notch a surface to record something (synset 201006595)
    is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form

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