What is another word for burl?
1023 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɜːl], [ bˈɜːl], [ b_ˈɜː_l]
When referring to tree knots or irregular growths, the word "burl" is commonly used. However, there are several other words that can be used to describe these kinds of tree formations. One of these is "gnarl," which is most often used to describe a twisted, knotted branch or trunk. "Whorl" is another alternative that refers to a circular or spiral pattern of growth in the tree bark. "Knot" is also often used to describe tree burls and refers to a hard, irregularity in the wood grain. Other related terms include "bulge," "lump," and "node," each of which can be used to describe different aspects of these distinctive growths in trees.
Synonyms for Burl:
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n.
• burl- slub .
- bud ,
- clot ,
- protuberance ,
- swelling ,
- tumor .
- burl .
Other relevant words:
- abjure ,
- absent ,
- absorb ,
- accede ,
- accept ,
- acquire ,
- adam ,
- address ,
- adjourn ,
- adjudicate ,
- admiralty mile ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- affiliation ,
- aggroup ,
- aim ,
- allow ,
- allow for ,
- anchor ring ,
- annul ,
- annulus ,
- arc ,
- ask ,
- assay ,
- association ,
- assume ,
- attach ,
- attack ,
- attract ,
- attraction ,
- attractor ,
- auricle ,
- babble ,
- back ,
- back away ,
- back out ,
- back talk ,
- backbone ,
- backtalk ,
- bag ,
- ball ,
- banding ,
- bang ,
- batch ,
- be intimate ,
- beak ,
- bear away ,
- bear off ,
- beat ,
- become ,
- bed ,
- belch ,
- belong ,
- bend ,
- bequeath ,
- bile ,
- bilge water ,
- bind ,
- birthmark ,
- bitterness ,
- blackberry ,
- blackguard ,
- blame ,
- blend ,
- blend in ,
- blot ,
- blow ,
- bond ,
- bonk ,
- border ,
- bow down ,
- bow out ,
- bowing ,
- bowknot ,
- brag ,
- braid ,
- break ,
- break away ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- breakwater ,
- briar pipe ,
- brier ,
- brim ,
- bring ,
- bug out ,
- bulge out ,
- bulging ,
- bulk ,
- bullbrier ,
- bulwark ,
- bump off ,
- bunch together ,
- bunch up ,
- bundle ,
- bur ,
- burble ,
- burp ,
- bury ,
- buy the farm ,
- caboodle ,
- call ,
- call back ,
- call for ,
- call in ,
- call off ,
- call up ,
- callback ,
- capitulum ,
- care ,
- carry ,
- carry away ,
- carry off ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- cast ,
- catbrier ,
- center ,
- centre ,
- chafe ,
- chance ,
- charter ,
- check ,
- cheekiness ,
- chemical group ,
- chief ,
- chit ,
- choice ,
- choke ,
- choose ,
- choppiness ,
- chunk ,
- circle ,
- clabber ,
- claim ,
- clean ,
- client ,
- clip ,
- clit ,
- clitoris ,
- clod ,
- clog ,
- clomp ,
- clop ,
- closed chain ,
- closed circuit ,
- clunk ,
- clustering ,
- coagulate ,
- coagulum ,
- coal black ,
- cognation ,
- coil ,
- collocate ,
- come back ,
- come out ,
- conduct ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- connect ,
- consider ,
- constellate ,
- construction ,
- consume ,
- contain ,
- contract ,
- convey ,
- convolute ,
- core ,
- corner ,
- costa ,
- countermand ,
- counterspy ,
- cover ,
- crack ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crawl in ,
- cream ,
- crew ,
- cringe ,
- cringle ,
- cristal ,
- croak ,
- crook ,
- crosstie ,
- crouch ,
- crowd together ,
- crudeness ,
- crust ,
- cull ,
- curdle ,
- curl ,
- curtain call ,
- curve ,
- cyst ,
- dance band ,
- dance orchestra ,
- dash ,
- deal ,
- decease ,
- deduct ,
- defer ,
- deform ,
- deglutition ,
- delete ,
- delineate ,
- demand ,
- demote ,
- depict ,
- describe ,
- desert ,
- desolate ,
- detract ,
- development ,
- deviate ,
- device ,
- die ,
- digress ,
- direct ,
- disco biscuit ,
- disembowel ,
- dishevel ,
- dislodge ,
- disorderliness ,
- dispatch ,
- distort ,
- dither ,
- diverge ,
- do by ,
- do it ,
- dot ,
- doughnut ,
- dowel pin ,
- drag ,
- drag in ,
- draw and quarter ,
- draw back ,
- draw in ,
- draw off ,
- draw play ,
- draw poker ,
- drawing card ,
- drink ,
- drive ,
- drop dead ,
- drop off ,
- eat up ,
- ebon ,
- ebony tree ,
- echo ,
- ecstasy ,
- eddy ,
- eff ,
- effort ,
- eglantine ,
- elan ,
- electric light ,
- electric-light bulb ,
- emboss ,
- embroil ,
- emergence ,
- eminence ,
- empty ,
- encounter ,
- endeavor ,
- endeavour ,
- endure ,
- engage ,
- entangle ,
- entrust ,
- environ ,
- eruct ,
- essay ,
- essence ,
- even up ,
- eviscerate ,
- exact ,
- examine ,
- excrescence ,
- exit ,
- expire ,
- expressive style ,
- extend ,
- extrusion ,
- eyelet ,
- fail ,
- fall back ,
- fall behind ,
- farewell ,
- fashion ,
- fill ,
- filling ,
- film ,
- find ,
- find fault ,
- fit ,
- flair ,
- flapping ,
- flaps ,
- fleck ,
- flex ,
- flinch ,
- fling ,
- flock ,
- flog ,
- flutter ,
- fluttering ,
- foot ,
- fore ,
- foreman ,
- forest ,
- forget ,
- forsake ,
- forswear ,
- free ,
- freshness ,
- fret ,
- fuck ,
- function ,
- funk ,
- fuss ,
- gaffer ,
- gang up ,
- gawk ,
- geographical mile ,
- get ,
- get down ,
- get going ,
- get hold of ,
- get it on ,
- get laid ,
- get out ,
- get rid of ,
- gibbosity ,
- gibbousness ,
- gimmick ,
- gist ,
- give ,
- give in ,
- give out ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- glob ,
- go away ,
- go bad ,
- go forth ,
- go game ,
- go out ,
- go to bed ,
- go to sleep ,
- good deal ,
- goon ,
- gram molecule ,
- great deal ,
- great lakes state ,
- greenbrier ,
- greyback ,
- grip ,
- groin ,
- grommet ,
- grouping ,
- growing ,
- groyne ,
- grumble ,
- grummet ,
- guest ,
- guggle ,
- guide ,
- gurgle ,
- guy ,
- halo ,
- handgrip ,
- happen ,
- hark back ,
- harshness ,
- hatful ,
- haul ,
- haulage ,
- have ,
- have a go at it ,
- have intercourse ,
- have it away ,
- have it off ,
- have sex ,
- he-man ,
- head-shrinker ,
- heap ,
- hear ,
- heart ,
- heart and soul ,
- herd ,
- hire ,
- hirer ,
- hit the hay ,
- hit the sack ,
- hold ,
- hold out ,
- hold up ,
- honcho ,
- hook ,
- hooking ,
- hoop ,
- horse brier ,
- horse-brier ,
- house of cards ,
- hug drug ,
- hunch forward ,
- hunch over ,
- hunk ,
- imbibe ,
- immerse ,
- impart ,
- impertinence ,
- impudence ,
- incandescent lamp ,
- increase ,
- increment ,
- indentation ,
- ingest ,
- insolence ,
- international mile ,
- intertwine ,
- intuition ,
- intumescence ,
- intumescency ,
- invalidate ,
- involve ,
- inwardness ,
- irk ,
- issue ,
- isthmus ,
- iteration ,
- j. j. hill ,
- jazz ,
- jest at ,
- jet black ,
- jetty ,
- jiggle ,
- judge ,
- jut ,
- kernel ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kink ,
- kip down ,
- knell ,
- knock ,
- know ,
- land mile ,
- lash ,
- last ,
- lather ,
- laugh at ,
- lead ,
- leaf node ,
- learn ,
- lease ,
- leave alone ,
- leave behind ,
- leave of absence ,
- leave-taking ,
- leg ,
- let alone ,
- lie with ,
- lift ,
- light bulb ,
- lightbulb ,
- line ,
- link ,
- link up ,
- linkup ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- live with ,
- locomote ,
- look at ,
- loop topology ,
- loop-the-loop ,
- lope ,
- lot ,
- lout ,
- love ,
- lozenge ,
- lubber ,
- lummox ,
- lymph gland ,
- lymph node ,
- macho-man ,
- make ,
- make fun ,
- make love ,
- make out ,
- manage ,
- manner ,
- marrow ,
- marry ,
- mass ,
- mat ,
- mathematical group ,
- matrilineage ,
- maturation ,
- maze ,
- meat ,
- medulla ,
- medulla oblongata ,
- mess ,
- mich. ,
- michigan ,
- mickle ,
- mil ,
- mint ,
- mob ,
- mode ,
- mol ,
- mound ,
- mount ,
- mouth ,
- move ,
- move back ,
- move out ,
- muckle ,
- murder ,
- murmur ,
- mutter ,
- myocardial infarct ,
- myocardial infarction ,
- nail ,
- nail down ,
- natural ,
- necessitate ,
- necktie ,
- need ,
- neoplasm ,
- nibble ,
- nitty-gritty ,
- nog ,
- nudge ,
- oaf ,
- oak tree ,
- oarlock ,
- obeisance ,
- occupy ,
- off ,
- offer ,
- offset ,
- ontogenesis ,
- ontogeny ,
- operate ,
- option ,
- outgrowth ,
- overturn ,
- pack ,
- palm ,
- panache ,
- papillary tumor ,
- part ,
- parting ,
- party boss ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass on ,
- passel ,
- payoff ,
- peal ,
- peck ,
- peg down ,
- pegleg ,
- perish ,
- pervert ,
- phone ,
- pick out ,
- pickax ,
- pickaxe ,
- picking ,
- piece ,
- pile ,
- pill ,
- pin ,
- pinna ,
- pitch black ,
- pitcher's mound ,
- pith ,
- pitting ,
- plait ,
- plectron ,
- plectrum ,
- plenty ,
- plow ,
- pluck ,
- plump ,
- plunk ,
- poke fun ,
- polish off ,
- political boss ,
- pommel ,
- pop ,
- pop off ,
- pop out ,
- postulate ,
- pot ,
- pother ,
- pouch ,
- pricker ,
- prickle ,
- proceed ,
- proceeds ,
- prominence ,
- protrude ,
- protrusion ,
- prove ,
- provide ,
- prow ,
- psychiatrist ,
- puff ,
- puffiness ,
- pull ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- pull in ,
- pull in one's horns ,
- pull out ,
- pull up stakes ,
- push ,
- push button ,
- put out ,
- quail ,
- quarter ,
- quit ,
- quite a little ,
- rachis ,
- radical ,
- raft ,
- railroad tie ,
- ramble ,
- ramble on ,
- rancor ,
- rancour ,
- ravel ,
- read ,
- reap ,
- recant ,
- recoil ,
- recollect ,
- recollection ,
- reduce ,
- release ,
- relegate ,
- remember ,
- reminiscence ,
- render ,
- renege ,
- rent ,
- repeal ,
- require ,
- resentment ,
- resile ,
- resound ,
- result ,
- retreat ,
- retrieve ,
- return ,
- reverberate ,
- reverse ,
- rick ,
- ridgeline ,
- ridgepole ,
- ridicule ,
- rifle ,
- rim ,
- ringing ,
- ripple ,
- rivet ,
- roast ,
- roll ,
- roll in the hay ,
- roman mile ,
- rooftree ,
- rough water ,
- rowdiness ,
- rowdyism ,
- rowlock ,
- run ,
- run low ,
- run short ,
- sable ,
- sack out ,
- saddle sore ,
- sample ,
- sass ,
- sassing ,
- scald ,
- scantling ,
- scratch ,
- screw ,
- scrub ,
- sea mile ,
- seawall ,
- seclude ,
- seek ,
- select ,
- selection ,
- sequester ,
- sequestrate ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set forth ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- shoetree ,
- shoot ,
- shoulder joint ,
- shrink back ,
- shrivel ,
- shrivel up ,
- sidetrack ,
- sight ,
- sir henry joseph wood ,
- sir henry wood ,
- skirt ,
- slash ,
- slay ,
- sleep together ,
- sleep with ,
- sleeper ,
- slew ,
- snarl ,
- snuff it ,
- soak up ,
- soot black ,
- sop up ,
- sophisticate ,
- sound ,
- spate ,
- spell ,
- spike ,
- spikelet ,
- spin ,
- spinal column ,
- splice ,
- splinter ,
- spot ,
- sprain ,
- spur ,
- square up ,
- squinch ,
- squirm ,
- stack ,
- stamp ,
- standoff ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- stat mi ,
- statute mile ,
- stem ,
- stick ,
- sticker ,
- stoop ,
- straggle ,
- strain ,
- strake ,
- strap ,
- stress ,
- stria ,
- striation ,
- strike ,
- strike down ,
- strike out ,
- string ,
- stripe ,
- stub ,
- stud poker ,
- studhorse ,
- study ,
- stumblebum ,
- stylus ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- subscribe to ,
- substance ,
- suck ,
- suck up ,
- sum ,
- sup ,
- surround ,
- survive ,
- suspicion ,
- swallow up ,
- sweep ,
- sweep up ,
- sweetbriar ,
- sweetbrier ,
- tab key ,
- tablet ,
- tabloid ,
- take aim ,
- take back ,
- take in ,
- take in water ,
- take leave ,
- take off ,
- take on ,
- take out ,
- take up ,
- takings ,
- taste ,
- teasle ,
- telephone ,
- test ,
- thickening ,
- think ,
- thole ,
- tholepin ,
- thorn ,
- thread ,
- thud ,
- thump ,
- thumping ,
- tidy sum ,
- tie beam ,
- tie-in ,
- tie-up ,
- tintinnabulation ,
- title ,
- tizzy ,
- tour ,
- tousle ,
- trace ,
- train ,
- transfer ,
- travel ,
- treat ,
- tree diagram ,
- tree heath ,
- trend ,
- tress ,
- trot ,
- trounce ,
- try on ,
- try out ,
- tuberosity ,
- tumour ,
- turn ,
- turn in ,
- turn of events ,
- twine ,
- twirl ,
- twist around ,
- twisting ,
- unconstraint ,
- undertake ,
- undulate ,
- use up ,
- vacate ,
- vary ,
- vertebral column ,
- vesicate ,
- villoma ,
- vogue ,
- wad ,
- wantonness ,
- wave ,
- way ,
- weal ,
- wed ,
- weft ,
- wheal ,
- whip ,
- whirl ,
- wield ,
- wiggle ,
- wildness ,
- will ,
- wince ,
- wind ,
- winding ,
- wither ,
- wolverine state ,
- wooden leg ,
- woods ,
- woodwind ,
- woodwind instrument ,
- woof ,
- work ,
- work party ,
- worm ,
- wrench ,
- wrestle ,
- wrick ,
- wriggle ,
- writhe ,
- yellow journalism ,
- yield .
- Knag ,
- Knur ,
- Knurl ,
- Nubble ,
- abandon ,
- air mile ,
- attempt ,
- band ,
- barb-wire ,
- bilge ,
- blackberry bush ,
- blain ,
- bleb ,
- blister ,
- blob ,
- boss ,
- bow ,
- bramble ,
- briar ,
- bubble ,
- bulb ,
- bulge ,
- bulla ,
- bump ,
- bunch ,
- burr ,
- button ,
- cahot ,
- cancel ,
- chine ,
- clump ,
- cluster ,
- condyle ,
- convex ,
- crowd ,
- depart ,
- disengage ,
- dowel ,
- draw ,
- ear ,
- ebony ,
- flange ,
- flap ,
- gall ,
- gang ,
- gnarl ,
- go ,
- grayback ,
- group ,
- handle ,
- hill ,
- hump ,
- hunch ,
- international nautical mile ,
- jog ,
- joggle ,
- knob ,
- knot ,
- leave ,
- lip ,
- loop ,
- lump ,
- make an attempt ,
- mi ,
- mile ,
- mole ,
- mountain ,
- nautical mile ,
- nevus ,
- node ,
- nub ,
- nubbin ,
- oak ,
- papilloma ,
- peg ,
- pick ,
- plant process ,
- recall ,
- recede ,
- remove ,
- rescind ,
- retire ,
- retract ,
- revoke ,
- rib ,
- ridge ,
- ring ,
- roughness ,
- rubus ,
- secede ,
- shoulder ,
- shrink ,
- spine ,
- stud ,
- style ,
- subtract ,
- swallow ,
- tab ,
- tangle ,
- teasel ,
- teazel ,
- tie ,
- try ,
- tubercle ,
- tubercule ,
- twist ,
- unsay ,
- verruca ,
- vesicle ,
- wale ,
- wart ,
- welt ,
- withdraw ,
- wood .
How to use "Burl" in context?
Burl is a figure of speech used to describe the enhanced wood grain appearance on the exterior of a wood product caused by the treatment of the wood with a liquid or gas atmosphere. It is sometimes called "crowning," "the peak," or "the Liberty Bell effect.
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