FIGURE OF EIGHT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a knot having the shape of the numeral 8
   • tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
   Synonym(s)
   • figure eight (what does figure eight mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) figure of eight is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • knot (what does knot mean?)