ETYM Scot. bun, bunn, Old Eng. bunne, bonne; from Celtic; cf. Irish bunna, Gael. bonnach, or Old Fren. bugne tumor, Prov. French bugne a kind of pancake.
Small rounded bread either plain or sweet; SYN. roll.

1. A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.
2. The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer.

(Irregular plural: hitches).
1. A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it.
2. Connects a vehicle to the load that it pulls.
3. The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg; SYN. hobble, limp.

A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight; SYN. twist, twirl.

Loop or tuft in yarn

ETYM Old Eng. knot, knotte, as. cnotta; akin to Dutch knot, Old High Germ. chnodo, chnoto, German knoten, Icel. knotr, Swed. knut, Dan. knude, and perh. to Latin nodus. Related to Knout, Knit.
In navigation, unit by which a ship's speed is measured, equivalent to one nautical mile per hour (one knot equals about 1.15 miles per hour). It is also sometimes used in aviation.Intertwinement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strings, to bind them together or to other objects. It is constructed so that the strain on the knot will draw it tighter. Bends or hitches are knots used to fasten ropes together or to other objects; when two ropes are joined end to end, they are spliced. The craft of macramé uses knots to form decorative pieces and fringes.
(Homonym: naught, not).
1. Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
2. A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.
3. Something twisted and tight and swollen; SYN. gnarl.
4. A tight cluster of people or things. + prikaži više

A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance.
Small excrescence or protuberance; Small knob.

ETYM Cf. od. lompe piece, mass. Related to Lunch.
1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass.
2. A mass or aggregation of things.
3. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
4. A lazy, usually overweight person.

ETYM Latin nodus; perh. akin to Eng. knot. Related to Noose, Nowed.
1. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
2. Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.
3. Any thickened enlargement; SYN. knob.
4. (Astronomy) A point where an orbit crosses a plane.
5. (Computer science) Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network; SYN. client, guest.
A terminal on a data communications network.
In physics, a position in a standing wave pattern at which there is no vibration. Points at which there is maximum vibration are called antinodes. Stretched strings, for example, can show nodes when they vibrate. Guitarists can produce special effects (harmonics) by touching a sounding string lightly to produce a node. + prikaži više

To put a kink in.

1. To make into knots; make knots out of.
2. To tie or fasten into a knot.

Of the nature of, or relating to, a node