square knot

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skwair not]
- /skwɛər nɒt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skwair not]
- /skwɛər nɒt/

Definitions of square knot words

noun square knot a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts. 1
noun square knot reef knot 1
noun square knot a double knot in which the free ends run parallel to the standing parts 0

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Origin of square knot

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Square knot

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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square knot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for square knot

noun square knot

knot — either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Just one Synonym for square knot