Burl

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  • noun. A knot, lump, or slub in yarn or cloth.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.
  • noun. The wood cut from such an outgrowth, often used decoratively as a veneer.
  • transitive verb. To dress or finish (cloth) by removing knots, lumps, slubs, or loose threads.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small knot or lump in thread, whether woven into cloth or not.
  • noun. A knot or an excrescence on walnut and other trees, used for ornamental veneering.
  • To pick knots, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth; specifically, to pick (wool) by hand.
  • To cleanse (cloth), as with fullers' earth or a similar substance.
  • To welter.
  • noun. A pimple.
  • Same as birl.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
  • noun. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
  • transitive verb. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
  • transitive verb. a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
  • noun. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  • noun. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
  • verb. To remove the knots in cloth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. remove the burls from cloth
  • noun. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
  • noun. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
  • noun. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
  • Word Usage
    "Natural regeneration of burl occurs when ripe fruits naturally fall on the ground or are dispersed by animals such as fruit bats."
    Form
    burled  burling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Berle  Curl  Earl  Earle  Erl  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bilge  blain  bleb  blister  blob  
    verb-form
    burled  burling  burls