burl

Example Sentences

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A gorgeous burl wood half moon bar, commissioned for but never delivered to the Titanic, conceals the entrance to a room containing Ellison’s archives, organized on accordion library shelves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Urban wood has a lot of character: streaks of color known as ambrosia; burl, which is essentially tree scar tissue; and birdseye, a distinctive pattern that looks like tiny, swirling eyes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

In an especially impressive piece, a woman has curving branches for arms, and seems to erupt out of a large burl, like a goddess.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021

He raised his arms slightly and squinted at them, a carpenter troubled by a burl in the wood.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

I say, fingering a burl in the wood.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen