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    SQUARE KNOT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cordsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("square knot" is a kind of...):

    knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "square knot"):

    flat knot; reef knot (a square knot used in a reef line)

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