Catastrophic Thinking. Catastrophic thinking can be recognised in individuals who repeatedly overestimate the potential dangers or negative implications of future events to occur (either in themselves or their loved ones). Catastrophic thinkers will often predict the worst case scenarios coming true that others would consider unrealistic and irrational.
A burl (American English) or bur or burr (used in all non-US English speaking countries) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.mboyna burl is a particularly expensive type of burl, costing $300.00 b/f to $72.00 per pound, much more than bigleaf maple burl, for example. It comes from padauk trees (Pterocarpus spp.) of Southeast Asia.
Dictionary entry overview: What does burlap mean? â¢ BURLAP (noun) The noun BURLAP has 1 sense: 1. coarse jute fabric Familiarity information: BURLAP used as a noun is very rare.