Definition of "notches" []

• Plural form of notch. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of notch. (verb)

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• "It was the kind of thing that just seemed up too many notches from the place where I normally cook, the type of experiment that just wouldn't be feasible with my limited resources and infintesmal counter space."
• "It was a sort of wooden disk, and the spoons were held in notches cut round the edge; it was lowered when needed, and each person took a spoon."
• "The majority of the bonds were slashed from AAA to A, a drop of five notches, which is a large deterioration in terms of credit quality."