Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 8 compound words that contain knots. The most common are listed below. Open knots in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- tie oneself in knotsTo put oneself in a difficult situation.
- Celtic knotsplural of Celtic knot: A stylised knot design used in Celtic artwork for decoration, although it can also be constructed as an actual knot built from cord.
- garlic knotsplural of garlic knot: A snack food made of baked knotted dough seasoned with garlic.
- great knotsplural of great knot: Calidris tenuirostris, a species of wading bird.
- red knotsplural of red knot: Any of species Calidris canutus of wading birds.
- sword knotsplural of sword knot: A type of ribbon attached to the hilt of a sword, originally as a way of fastening it to the wrist, but later chiefly as an ornament.
- stopper knotsplural of stopper knot: A knot placed in a rope either to prevent the end from fraying, or to prevent it from passing through a hole.
- Bantu knotsplural of Bantu knot: A tight bun or knot of hair, part of a hairstyle having many such knots on a base of square or triangular partitions of hair.
- Gordian knotsplural of Gordian knot: The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium.
- Lissajous knotsplural of Lissajous knot: A knot defined by certain parametric equations. Its projection onto any of the three coordinate planes is a Lissajous curve.
- fisherman's knotsplural of fisherman's knot: A type of bend that is a popular double overhand knot used to join two lines or ropes of equal thickness.
- true lover's knotsplural of true lover's knot: Any of various knots (for string or the like) having some symmetry.
- tied in knotsIn a state of confusion; in a difficult situation, in a bind.
- tie in knotsTo put (someone) in a difficult situation.
- arbor knotsplural of arbor knot: A type of knot used to secure fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel.
- bag knotsplural of bag knot: A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
- barrel knotsplural of barrel knot: A type of bend knot used to join nylon lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and its non-slip quality. Also known as the blood knot.
- beer knotsplural of beer knot: A type of bend knot used to join the ends of tubular webbing, commonly employed by mountaineers to create a sling seat.
- binding knotsplural of binding knot: A knot that may be used to keep an object or multiple loose objects together, using a string or a rope that passes at least once around them.
- blood knotsplural of blood knot: A type of bend knot used to join nylon lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and its non-slip quality. Also known as the barrel knot.
- butterfly knotsplural of butterfly knot: A type of knot used to provide an anchor point on a long line. Much used by mountaineers. Also known as the alpine butterfly knot.
- Conway knotsplural of Conway knot: A particular knot with 11 crossings, related by mutation to the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.
- English knotsplural of English knot: A loop knot made in the bight, favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
- fat knotsplural of fat knot: A thick roll of dollar bills; a bankroll.
- French knotsplural of French knot: An embroidery stitch in which the thread is wound around the needle one or more times, and the resulting curl is secured by drawing the needle back through the fabric very close to where it first emerged.
Compound words 8
- bowknotsplural of bowknot: A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
- breastknotsplural of breastknot: A pin worn on the breast as a fastening or ornament; a brooch.
- endknotsplural of endknot: A knot, at the end of a rope, used to stop it fraying, as a handhold, or as decoration.
- interknotsthird-person singular simple present indicative of interknot: To knot among or between each other; to intertwine so as to form a knot.
- misknotsthird-person singular simple present indicative of misknot: To tie a knot incorrectly.
- pseudoknotsplural of pseudoknot: A secondary structure in RNA in which half of one stem is intercalated between the two halves of another stem.
- slipknotsplural of slipknot: A knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied.
- topknotsplural of topknot: A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.