knot
Definitions of knot
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a coil of rope or wool or yarn
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a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the bloodtypes:gietijzer, gotelingan alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by castingkunstsmeedwerk, smeedijzer, staafijzeriron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and weldedruwijzercrude iron tapped from a blast furnacetype of:metaalany of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
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