fisherman's knot

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   a knot for tying the ends of two lines together

   Synonymstrue lover's knottruelove knot

   Broaderknot

Questions about fisherman's knot

What does fisherman's knot mean?

fisherman's knot means "a knot for tying the ends of two lines together".

What is another word for fisherman's knot?

Close synonyms include true lover's knot, truelove knot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fisherman's knot a common word?

fisherman's knot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.