noun
Meaning 1
A contorted knot in wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
knurl
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Pronunciation
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UK: /nɜːl/
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US: /nɝl/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)l
noun
Meaning 2
A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
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noun
Meaning 3
A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
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verb
Meaning 4
To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
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History
Etymology
From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чвор (čvor) — contorted knot in wood
- Ottoman Turkish: بوداق (budak) — contorted knot in wood
- Catalan: gràfila — grip pattern
- Finnish: pyällys — grip pattern
- French: moletage — grip pattern
- German: Rändelung — grip pattern
- German: Riffelung — grip pattern
- Macedonian: нарецкување (nareckuvanje) — grip pattern
- Polish: radełkowanie — grip pattern
- Polish: moletowanie — grip pattern
- Polish: ryflowanie — grip pattern
- Russian: нака́тка (nakátka) — grip pattern
- Serbo-Croatian: nareckivanje — grip pattern
- Serbo-Croatian: radlovanje — grip pattern
- Serbo-Croatian: rovašenje — grip pattern
- Spanish: grafila — grip pattern
- Swedish: räffla — grip pattern