Burr

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