burl

burl is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
2. noun. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
3. noun. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
4. noun. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

   Synonyms: knot, slub

5. noun. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
6. noun. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
7. verb. remove the burls from cloth

Synonyms

knot, slub

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in burl:

blur

Common word forms

burls, burled, burler, burling

Words from these letters

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