[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

notch \notch\ no^ch, n. akin to nock; cf. od. nock, osw.
   nocka. cf. nick a notch.
   1913 webster
   1. a hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
      1913 webster

            and on the stick ten equal notches makes. --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. a narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close
      pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
      1913 webster
see also:
nick 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

notch \notch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. notched no^cht; p. pr.
    vb. n. notching.
   1. to cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by
      notches; as, to notch a stick.
      1913 webster

   2. to fit the notch of an arrow to the string.
      1913 webster

            god is all sufferance; here he doth show
            no arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --herrick.
      1913 webster
see also:
notched notching 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

notch
     n 1: a v-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
     2: the location in a range of mountains of a geological
        formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we
        got through the pass before it started to snow" syn: pass,
         mountain pass
     3: a v-shaped or u-shaped indentation carved or scratched into
        a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his
        revolver"
     4: a small cut syn: nick, snick
     v 1: cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"
     2: notch a surface to record something
see also:
pass mountain pass nick snick 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

238 moby thesaurus words for "notch":
   vandyke, abysm, abyss, accomplish, achieve, alveolation, alveolus,
   amount, arroyo, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch,
   box canyon, brand, breach, break, caliber, canyon, caste mark,
   cavity, chalk, chalk up, chap, chasm, check, check off, checkmark,
   chimney, chink, chop, cicatrix, cicatrize, cleft, cleuch, clough,
   col, compass, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crenellate,
   crenulate, crevasse, crevice, crimp, cut, cwm, dapple, dash,
   defile, define, degree, delimit, dell, demarcate, dent, depress,
   dike, dimple, dint, discolor, discoloration, ditch, donga, dot,
   draw, earmark, engrave, engraving, excavation, extent, fault,
   fissure, flaw, fleck, flick, flume, fracture, freckle, furrow,
   gain, gap, gape, gash, gorge, gouge, gradation, grade, graving,
   groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hack, hatch, height, hole, honeycomb,
   impress, impression, imprint, incise, incision, indent,
   indentation, indention, indenture, interval, jag, joint, jot,
   kloof, knurl, leak, leap, lentigo, level, line, machicolate,
   macula, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, measure,
   mill, moat, mole, mottle, nevus, nick, nock, nuance, nullah,
   opening, pas, pass, passage, patch, peg, pencil, pepper, period,
   picot, pink, pit, pitch, plane, plateau, pock, pockmark, point,
   polka dot, press in, prick, print, proportion, punch, punch in,
   punctuate, puncture, range, ratio, ravine, reach, recess, register,
   remove, rent, riddle, rift, rime, round, rung, rupture, scale,
   scallop, scar, scarification, scarify, scissure, scope, score,
   scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, serrate, set back, set in,
   shade, shadow, slash, slit, slot, space, speck, speckle, splash,
   split, splotch, spot, stage, stain, stair, stamp, standard, step,
   stigma, stigmatize, stint, strawberry mark, streak, striate,
   stripe, sunken part, tamp, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick, tick off,
   tittle, tooth, trace, tread, trench, underline, underscore, valley,
   void, wadi, watermark, win

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