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Plural of notch

regular plural

The plural of notch is notches.

Forms of notch

Singularnotch /nɒtʃ/
Pluralnotches
Countablecountable

Notches in a sentence

  • The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
  • She needs to take it down four or five notches, or I won't be long for this show.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ugh!
  • As I took the satiny-furred cat into my arms, his purring ratcheted up a couple of notches.2012, Marion Arnott, “Another One in from the Cold”, in Marie O'Regan, editor, The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women, Constable &…. From the entry furbaby
  • Notches weaken the negative, and tabs sometimes come off, causing mislights.1976, SMPTE Journal: Publication of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. From the entry mislight
  • The MPS is a male orientated and misogynistic environment filled with testosterone, notches on bed posts and conquests.2023, Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, “9.2.5”, in Baroness Casey Review Final Report: An independent review into the standards…. From the entry testosterone

Meaning of notch

  1. noun A V-shaped cut.
  2. noun Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
  3. noun An indentation.

Full definition of notch

Questions about the plural of notch

What is the plural of notch?
The plural of notch is notches.
Is notch countable?
Notch is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: notch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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