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Examples of granny knot in a Sentence
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This story has been updated with photos of both a granny knot and a square knot.
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John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021
An earlier version included a photo of a square knot misidentified as a granny knot.
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John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021
Starting with the simple reef and granny knots, the team studied where high pressure was occurring and used that information to generalize.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2020
His example is the reef (or square) knot compared with the inferior granny knot.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1812, in the meaning defined above
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“Granny knot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granny%20knot. Accessed 24 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
granny knot
noun
: an insecure knot often made instead of a square knot see knot illustration
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