gnarled; gnarling; gnarls
gnarled; gnarling; gnarls
: to twist into a state of deformity
: a hard protuberance with twisted grain on a tree
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Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 July 2019
Country-style ribs, on the other hand, have considerably less fat and gnarl than the butt and come in neat pieces that are easily sliced up.
—John Willoughby, charlotteobserver, 16 Jan. 2018
All of the food was either surplus from wholesalers or farms, or had cosmetic imperfections, such as nicks and gnarls, that grocers won’t tolerate.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
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Noun
Katchske showed me a piece, holding a brownish-black gnarl in his palm.
—Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 July 2019
Country-style ribs, on the other hand, have considerably less fat and gnarl than the butt and come in neat pieces that are easily sliced up.
—John Willoughby, charlotteobserver, 16 Jan. 2018
All of the food was either surplus from wholesalers or farms, or had cosmetic imperfections, such as nicks and gnarls, that grocers won’t tolerate.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
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“Gnarl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnarl. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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