ノット — meaning in English

English meaning

• knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
• mile noun A unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards, or about 1.6 kilometres.

Senses

ノット is used for these senses in English:

• mile (colloquial) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

knot — full definition

1. noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
2. noun A hard, tight lump in a muscle, or a tangled clump of hair.
3. noun A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used for ships and aircraft.
4. verb To tie something into a knot.

mile — full definition

1. noun A unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards, or about 1.6 kilometres.
2. noun A race run over roughly this distance.
3. noun A great distance, used loosely and figuratively.

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