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burl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun burl has 3 senses
- burl(n = noun.plant) Array - the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer; Array is a kind of wood
- burl(n = noun.plant) Array - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree; Array is a kind of enation, plant process
- burl(n = noun.attribute) knot, slub - soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design; Array is a kind of raggedness, roughness
is a part of tree
Derived form verb burl1
Verb burl has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
burl, v. t. [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre. √92. See Bur.].
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. [1913 Webster]
burl, n.
- A knot or lump in thread or cloth. [1913 Webster]
- An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
burl, n.
1 a knot or lump in wool or cloth.
2 US a flattened knotty growth on a tree.
1 a knot or lump in wool or cloth.
2 US a flattened knotty growth on a tree.
Etymology
ME f. OF bourle tuft of wool, dimin. of bourre coarse wool f. LL burra wool
THESAURUS
burl
bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, button, cahot, chine, clump, condyle, convex, dowel, ear, flange, flap, gall, gnarl, handle, hill, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, rib, ridge, ring, shoulder, spine, stud, style, tab, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt
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