nɒtʃ nɑtʃ nɒtʃ nɑtʃ a small cut notch a surface to record something cut or make a notch into notch the rope a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface there were four notches in the handle of his revolver 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 a V-shaped indentation mandibular notch