notched

Other forms of notched

comparative

notchedder·

superlative

notcheddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about notched

What does notched mean?

notched means "notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in notched?

notched has 1 syllable: notched. In IPA it is /ˈnɑtʃt/.

What is another word for notched?

Close synonyms include serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, erose. 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 notched a common word?

notched 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.