gnarled
/nɑː(ɹ)ld/
adj 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
eerie
GNARLED + NOUN
bough, tree
PREP.
atop
Definitions
adj
1
Knotty and misshapen.
Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
2
Made rough by age or hard work.
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Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarl
Wiktionary02
The gnarled branches scraped and grasped for me like living hands.
Tatoeba · #487366603
The tree had a gnarled bough.
Tatoeba · #1041857104
The raven perched atop the eerie, gnarled tree.
Tatoeba · #12079960Usage Notes
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