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knurl

UK/nɜːl//nɝl/

knurl noun: a contorted knot in wood.

knurl: a contorted knot in wood
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Noun

knurl (plural knurls)

  1. A contorted knot in wood.
  2. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
  3. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.

Verb

knurl (third-person singular simple present knurls, present participle knurling, simple past and past participle knurled)

  1. To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.

knurl meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi

knurl in Tamil

சொரசொரப்பாக்கு குறுக்கு வெட்டு, பிடிப்பு ஏற்படுத்து, கணு

knurl in Urdu

بونا, درخت کی گانٹھ, گانٹھ دار, مالا, ابھار, زنجیر جیسا

knurl in Punjabi

knurl, burl
ਗੰਢ gaṇḍh, ਗੱਠ gaṭṭha, گٹھ gaṭṭh, گنڈھ gaṉḍh

Forms of knurl

Noun
pluralknurls
Verb
third-person singular presentknurls
present participleknurling
past participleknurled
pastknurled

Origin of knurl

From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.

Words formed from knurl

Words that rhyme with knurl

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Questions about knurl

What does knurl mean?
Knurl means a contorted knot in wood.
What is knurl in Tamil?
Knurl in Tamil is சொரசொரப்பாக்கு குறுக்கு வெட்டு, பிடிப்பு ஏற்படுத்து, கணு. See Knurl meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is knurl?
Knurl can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce knurl?
Knurl is pronounced /nɜːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of knurl?
The plural of knurl is knurls.

Words near knurl in the dictionary

  1. Knupps
  2. knur
  3. knur and spell
  4. knurd
  5. knurds
  6. knurl
  7. knurled
  8. knurler
  9. knurlers
  10. knurlier
  11. knurliest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: knurl (page history and authors); knurl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knurl (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); گنڈھ (Punjabi) (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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