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nurl

nurl is the alternative spelling of knurl.

Meaning of knurl

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.

See all 4 meanings of knurl

Forms of nurl

Noun
pluralnurls
Verb
third-person singular presentnurls
present participlenurling
past participlenurled
pastnurled

Origin of nurl

From knurl; related to gnarl.

Questions about nurl

What is nurl the alternative spelling of?
Nurl is the alternative spelling of knurl.

Words near nurl in the dictionary

  1. Nuristan
  2. Nuristani
  3. Nuristanis
  4. nurk
  5. nurks
  6. nurl
  7. nurled
  8. nurling
  9. nurls
  10. Nurmes
  11. Nurmi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nurl (page history and authors); knurl (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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