n. 25B6; noun
tie a small knot : TIE, twist, loop, join, fastening, bond; tangle, entanglement. See list.
a knot in the wood : NODULE, gnarl, node; lump, knob, swelling, gall, protuberance, bump; archaic knar.
a small knot of people : CLUSTER, group, band, huddle, bunch, circle, ring, gathering, company, crowd, throng.
25B6; verb their scarves were knotted round their throats : TIE (UP), fasten, secure, bind, do up.
Knots
bend mesh knot
Blackwall hitch overhand knot
blood knot prusik
bow reef knot
bowknot rolling hitch
bowline round turn and two half hitches
bowline on the bight running bowline
carrick bend running knot
cat's paw sailor's knot
clinch knot sheepshank
clove hitch sheet bend
diamond knot shroud-knot
Englishman's tie slip knot
figure-of-eight knot slippery hitch
fisherman's bend square knot
fisherman's knot surgeon's knot
granny knot swab hitch
half hitch thumb knot
hangman's knot timber hitch
harness hitch true-love knot
hawser bend Turk's head
Hercules knot wale knot
hitch wall knot
loop knot water knot
love knot weaver's knot
Matthew Walker Windsor knot