(knottier, knottiest)
1.
A ~ problem is complicated and difficult to solve.
The new management team faces some ~ problems.
= thorny
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
(knottier, knottiest)
1.
A ~ problem is complicated and difficult to solve.
The new management team faces some ~ problems.
= thorny
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012