gnarled
gnarled
Definition
gnarled (närld)
adjective
- knotty and twisted, as the trunk of an old tree
- roughened, hardened, sinewy, etc., as hands that do rough work
Etymology: ult. < ME knorre, a knot: see knur
gnarled
Synonyms
gnarled
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- trunk: The gnarled trunks of the oaks glared at him with furrowed wooden eyebrows.
- oak: To the best of my knowledge there is a lone single holly tree growing among the old gnarled dwarf oaks.
- veteran: The fresh green recruits of yesterday will begin their transformation to gnarled veteran.
- finger: He scratched his scalp with a gnarled finger, careful not to disrupt the strands of hair.
- tree: On the track back to the woods you'll also see some strange gnarled trees on the left hand side.
- root: Peel the celeriac, cut off and discard the worst of the gnarled tangled roots at the bottom.
