SQUARE KNOT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("square knot" is a kind of...):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "square knot"):

flat knot; reef knot (a square knot used in a reef line)

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