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1 maj 2023 · gnarl: A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. The word knot may be used for a more prosaic protuberance: knot: a [relatively] small hard area on a tree or piece of wood where a branch was joined to the tree [Cambridge English Dictionary]
In the foreground, a highly engineered grid protects the trunk of a gnarled tree.
(of a tree) twisted and rough; with hard parts growing all over it. a gnarled oak/branch/trunk
a rough or twisted lump on a tree or piece of wood: The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak. Fewer examples. He brings out the character of each wooden piece by making features of the gnarls and knots.
27 wrz 2024 · gnarl (plural gnarls) A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
adjective. / naːld/ (of trees, branches etc) twisted. sękaty, powykręcany. a gnarled tree trunk. (Tłumaczenie gnarled z PASSWORD English-Polish Dictionary © 2022 K Dictionaries Ltd) Przykłady gnarled. gnarled. He is a short, elderly man, with balding, white hair, a gnarled nose, and he is always seen with a big pipe. Z. Wikipedia.
gnarled. In this type, the trees are small, more or less crowded, and present a stunted and gnarled appearance. Z Cambridge English Corpus. Here is the woman-as-nature trope gone wrong: the trees are gnarled, the background is a cold, barren wasteland, a metaphor for the subject's own sterility.
