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Definitions for Burr

[1] Also buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
[2] a rough or irregular protuberance on any object, as on a tree.
[3] a small, handheld, power-driven milling cutter, used by machinists and die makers for deepening, widening, or undercutting small recesses.
[4] a lump of brick fused or warped in firing.
[5] to form a rough point or edge on.
[6] deburr.
[7] a washer placed at the head of a rivet.
[8] a blank punched out of a piece of sheet metal.
[9] a pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
[10] a pronunciation of the r- sound as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
[11] any pronunciation popularly considered rough or nonurban.
[12] a whirring noise.
[13] to speak with a burr.
[14] to speak roughly, indistinctly, or inarticulately.
[15] to make a whirring sound.
[16] to pronounce (words, sounds, etc.) with a burr.
[17] burstone.
[18] Aaron, 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.
[19] a small power-driven hand-operated rotary file, esp for removing burrs or for machining recesses
[20] a rough edge left on a workpiece after cutting, drilling, etc
[21] a rough or irregular protuberance, such as a burl on a tree
[22] British a burl on the trunk or root of a tree, sliced across for use as decorative veneer
[23] a variant spelling of bur
[24] to form a rough edge on (a workpiece)
[25] to remove burrs from (a workpiece) by grinding, filing, etc; deburr
[26] phonetics an articulation of (r) characteristic of certain English dialects, esp the uvular fricative trill of Northumberland or the retroflex r of the West of England
[27] a whirring sound
[28] to pronounce (words) with a burr
[29] to make a whirring sound
[30] a washer fitting around the end of a rivet
[31] a blank punched out of sheet metal
[32] short for buhrstone
[33] a mass of hard siliceous rock surrounded by softer rock
[34] Aaron . 1756–1836, US vice-president (1800–04), who fled after killing a political rival in a duel and plotted to create an independent empire in the western US; acquitted (1807) of treason

Words related to Burr

knob, cut, tunnel, nut, accent, pad, halo, buzz, circle, notch, rib, ring, washer, briar, whetstone, sticker

Words nearby Burr

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Origin of Burr

41250–1300; Middle English burre, probably so called from its roughness

Word origin for Burr

C18: probably from bur , from its qualities of roughness

Synonyms for Burr

accent, briar, buzz, circle, cut, halo, knob, notch, nut, pad, rib, ring, sticker, tunnel, washer, whetstone