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builder's knot

builder's knot
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Definitions of builder's knot words

  • noun builder's knot clove hitch 3
  • noun builder's knot a knot or hitch for fastening a rope to a spar or larger rope, consisting of two half hitches made in opposite directions, the two parts of the rope emerging also in opposite directions. 1
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Origin of builder's knot

First appearance:

before 1760
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; See origin at clove3

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Parts of speech for Builder's knot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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builder's knot popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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