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The definition of a gnarl is a twisted or knotted part of a tree trunk or branch.

(noun)

An example of a gnarl is the enlarged part of tree where a branch meets the trunk.

Gnarl is defined as to knot, twist or growl.

(verb)

An example of gnarl is to make a scary face by twisting up your face.

See gnarl in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a knot on the trunk or branch of a tree

Origin: back-form. < gnarled

transitive verb

to make knotted or twisted; contort

intransitive verb

to form gnarls

intransitive verb

to snarl; growl

Origin: freq. of echoic gnar

See gnarl in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb gnarled, gnarl·ing, gnarls

To snarl; growl.

Origin:

Origin: Frequentative of gnar

noun

A protruding knot on a tree.

transitive verb gnarled, gnarl·ing, gnarls

To make knotted; twist.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from gnarled

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