Definition:
- (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.
- (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
- (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
- (n.) The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
- (n.) The sweetbread.
- (n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
- (n.) A small circular saw.
- (n.) A triangular chisel.
- (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
- (n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
- (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
- (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
- (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- (n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.
- (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
- (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
- (v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
Compare burr with other words:
burg vs. burr
birr vs. burr
burh vs. burr
burr vs. curr
burr vs. hurr
burr vs. murr
burr vs. burry
burr vs. bury
burn vs. burr
burr vs. burro
burp vs. burr
burr vs. swarf
burr vs. debris
burr vs. nimbi
burr vs. wharl
burr vs. cutter
burr vs. scrap
burr vs. flash
burr vs. flashes
burr vs. spear
burr vs. ring
burr vs. sticker
burr vs. cutting
burr vs. edge
burr vs. material
bur vs. burr
burr vs. seed
burr vs. sliver
burr vs. splinter
burr vs. sharp
bindii vs. burr
burr vs. cradle
burr vs. content
burr vs. hone
burl vs. burr