gnarl

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

To knot or twist something.

Adj

Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

Verb

To snarl or growl; to gnar.

Synonyms

knot

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knob

snarl

bump

protuberance

lump

tuber

burl

growl

grumble

mutter

croak

murmur

throat

hitch

bark

hump

knar

knur

bulge

swelling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology

Back-formation from gnarled.