What NOTCH means
A V-shaped indentation.
That is the short version. Read on for how to say NOTCH, how to use it, and a quick way to make it stick.
NOTCH at a glance
- Word: NOTCH
- Part of speech: noun
- Pronunciation: /nɑtʃ/
- Meaning: A V-shaped indentation.
- Example: Mandibular notch.
Keep this box in view while you read the rest of the page. A short summary like this is often enough for a quick lookup, and the sections below are for when you want the meaning to actually stay with you.
How to say NOTCH
Pronunciation: /nɑtʃ/
Part of speech: noun
Say NOTCH out loud a few times. Hearing your own voice say a new word is one of the fastest ways to remember both its sound and its meaning. Try saying it slowly first, then at normal speed, then inside a full sentence. If a part of the pronunciation trips you up, slow down on that part alone before putting the whole word back together.
NOTCH in a sentence
Mandibular notch.
Notice how NOTCH fits into that sentence as noun. Try swapping in your own subject and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it does, you have understood the meaning of NOTCH, not just memorized it.
Ways to remember NOTCH
A new word sticks better when you do something with it, not just read it.
Say it, then use it. Repeat NOTCH once, then build one sentence of your own with it today.
Connect it to something you know. Think of a moment from your own week where NOTCH could apply, even loosely.
Spell it out. Cover the word, spell NOTCH from memory, then check. This catches the letters your eyes skipped over the first time.
Come back tomorrow. A word reviewed a day later is far more likely to stay than one read once and left.
Notice it in the wild. Once you know NOTCH, you will start spotting it in things you read. Each time you notice it, the meaning gets a little more solid.
Play a board with NOTCH
A definition is easier to keep once you have used the word under a little pressure. Try today's word game, or search for more words like NOTCH with the word finder. Missed a word along the way? The vocabulary quiz is a quick way to check what stuck, and missed words come back around for review instead of disappearing.
For teachers and parents
This page works well as a quick reference before a lesson or a homework check. Look up a word, read the definition and example together, then ask the student to build a new sentence with it. A student who can use NOTCH correctly in a sentence they made up has learned it. One who can only repeat the definition back has not, yet.
A quick classroom routine: put NOTCH on the board, cover the definition, and ask the class to guess the meaning from the example sentence alone. Reveal the real definition after a few guesses. It takes a minute and gets students reasoning about context clues instead of just memorizing.
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The letters in NOTCH
- Length: 5 letters
- Vowels: 1 (O)
- Different letters: 5, all different
- First letter: N, last letter: H
Words built from the same letters
- CLOTH: Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.
- COUNT: Determine the number or amount of.
- MONTH: One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.
- THORN: Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
- TONIC: Bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch.
- TOUCH: The event of something coming in contact with the body.