Definitions for Burl

Burl burl

Spelling: [burl]
IPA: /bɜrl/

Burl is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Burl (blru).

Definitions for Burl

noun

  1. a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
  2. a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 feet (0.6 meters) across and 1 foot (0.3 meters) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove burls from (cloth) in finishing.

Origin of Burl

1400-50; late Middle English burle ≪ Old French; akin to Medieval Latin burla bunch, sheaf, Late Latin burra wool, fluff

Examples for Burl

Just look up yonder, burl, and see how the crows have gone to fighting.

Scouting Report: Size-wise, Bob Costas (Syracuse '74) is clearly the underdog next to Oscar-winner burl "Big Daddy" Ives.

But burl's thoughts were now not of horror but a vast astonishment.

"Dat's de cretor's music, an' dem's de cretor's capers," replied burl.

Therefore did the magnanimous burl dismantle himself at once.

burl a-plowin' in de fiel', A-singin' fur de johnny-cake to come.

They might have followed anybody else, but only burl had initiative—so far.

burl turned to Saya—and realized that all the human folk had followed him.

burl moved on, unconscious of any who followed him, aware only of Saya.

burl a-plowin' in de fiel', A-singin' fur de roasin'-ear to come.

Word Value for Burl
Scrable

6

Words with friends

9

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