Definitions for burls

burls burl

Spelling: [burl]
IPA: /bɜrl/

Burls 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 49 anagrams from letters in burls (blrsu).

Definitions for burls

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 burls

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

Examples for burls

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.

Therefore did the magnanimous burl dismantle himself at once.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for burls
Scrable

6

Words with friends

9

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