Definitions for burled

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Spelling: [burld]

IPA: /bɜrld/

Burled is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in burled (bdelru).

Definitions for burled

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.

adjective

1. having burls that produce a distorted grain:

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of burled

First recorded in 1920-25; burl + -ed³

Examples for burled

Not so with burled walnut or root walnut of either the European or the American varieties.

I could not rest in my grave, though they burled me fathoms deep, if you ever called another—wife!

Every few years, as one might say, the Auld Licht kirk gave way and burled its minister.

There is nothing that has a more vulgar look than an overdone imitation of burled walnut.