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surgeon's knot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
sur-geon's -knot
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.

Inflected Forms

surgeon's knots (plural) surgeons' knot (alternative)

Questions

What does surgeon's knot mean?
A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.

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