3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

notched

adjective

1: notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn: {serrate}, {serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {toothed}]

2: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {jaggy}, {toothed}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Notch \Notch\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Notched} (n[o^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Notching}.]

1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "notched": alveolar, alveolate, battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate, dentate, dentated, dented, dentiform, depressed, dimpled, embrasured, engraved, erose, faveolate, gashed, honeycombed, incised, indented, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, nicked, pitted, pocked, pockmarked, saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serriform, serrulated, toothed, zigzag

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