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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tangled in knots or snarls;
- Example: "a mass of knotted string"
- Example: "snarled thread"
[syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

snarled adj 1: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]