Definitions for gnarl

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Spelling: [nahrl]

IPA: /nɑrl/

Gnarl is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in gnarl (aglnr).

Definitions for gnarl

noun

1. a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.

verb (used with object)

1. to twist into a knotted or distorted form.

verb (used without object)

1. to growl; snarl.

Origin of gnarl

First recorded in 1805-15; back formation from gnarled

Examples for gnarl

The ball is a knob or gnarl from the trunk of a tree, carefully formed into a globular shape.

In a little while he returned, carrying a gnarl of pine wood, which he set to blazing at the fire.