Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun figure_of_eight

1 sense of figure of eight

Sense 1
figure eight, figure of eight -- (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)
       => knot -- (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)