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burl

/bɜːl/US/bɝl/

burl noun: a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.

burl: a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot
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Noun

burl (countable and uncountable, plural burls)

  1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
  2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Verb

burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)

  1. To remove the knots in cloth.

Proper noun capitalized: Burl

Burl (plural Burls)

  1. A surname.

burl meaning in Urdu and Bengali

burl in Urdu

burl, knap, knurl, monticule, mount, node
ابھار ubhār

burl in Bengali

কোনো বিশুদ্ধ উপাদানে, একটি ডোপিং এজেন্ট

Forms of burl

Noun
pluralburls
alternative UKburr
Verb
third-person singular presentburls
present participleburling
past participleburled
pastburled
Proper noun
pluralBurls

Origin of burl

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).

Words formed from burl

Words that rhyme with burl

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Questions about burl

What does burl mean?
Burl means a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
What is burl in Urdu?
Burl in Urdu is ابھار (ubhār). See Burl meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is burl?
Burl can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce burl?
Burl is pronounced /bɝl/ (US).
What is the plural of burl?
The plural of burl is burls.

Words near burl in the dictionary

  1. burkundoss
  2. burkundosses
  3. Burkwood viburnum
  4. Burkwood viburnums
  5. Burky
  6. burl
  7. Burla
  8. burladero
  9. burladeros
  10. burlak
  11. burlaki

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burl (page history and authors); Burl (page history and authors); ابھار (Urdu) (page history and authors); burl (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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