SURGEON'S KNOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surgeon's knot mean? 

• SURGEON'S KNOT (noun)
  The noun SURGEON'S KNOT has 1 sense:

1. any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures

  Familiarity information: SURGEON'S KNOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURGEON'S KNOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("surgeon's knot" is a kind of...):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)