gnarl

A gnarled tree trunk.

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

To knot or twist something.
To snarl or growl; to gnar.

Adjective

Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

Origin

Onomatopoeic.

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