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knot in Malay

simpul

UK/nɒt//nɑt/

knot in Malay: simpul. In English, knot means a looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

Malay words for knot

looping
simpul

English meaning of knot

  1. noun A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
  2. noun A tangled clump of hair or similar.
  3. noun A maze-like pattern.
  4. noun A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).

Full definition of knot

knot in a sentence

  • Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.
  • The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.
  • A knot can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.

Synonyms of knot

All synonyms of knot

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Questions about knot in Malay

What is the meaning of knot in Malay?
Knot in Malay is simpul.
Apakah maksud knot dalam bahasa Melayu?
Knot: simpul.
What does knot mean in English?
Knot means a looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

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