different between gnarl vs burl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??(r)l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)l

Etymology 1

Back-formation from gnarled.

Noun

gnarl (plural gnarls)

1. A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
2. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Derived terms

• gnarly

Translations

Verb

gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)

1. (transitive) To knot or twist something.

Translations

Adjective

gnarl

1. Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)

1. (intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.

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References

English

Alternative forms

• burr (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bouril, bourril (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), from Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l

Noun

burl (plural burls)

1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Translations

Verb

burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)

1. To remove the knots in cloth.

Anagrams

• blur