notch

Noun

• a small cut

• a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface
  • there were four notches in the handle of his revolver
    

• the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
  • we got through the pass before it started to snow
    

• a V-shaped indentation
  • mandibular notch
    

Verb

• notch a surface to record something

• cut or make a notch into
  • notch the rope
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  nick , snick , pass , mountain pass