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Definition of 'burr'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) burr
a protruding ragged edge raised on metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.

2.  burr
a rough protuberance on any object.

3.  burr
a hand-held rotary power tool used to cut small recesses.

4. (v.t.) burr
to form a rough point or edge on.

5.  burr
to remove burrs from.

6. (n.) burr
a washer placed at the head of a rivet.

7.  burr
a blank punched out of sheet metal.

8. (n.) burr
a pronunciation of (r) as a uvular trill, as in some Northern English dialects.

9.  burr
a pronunciation of (r) as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.

10.  burr
a whirring noise.

11. (v.i.) burr
to speak with a burr.

12.  burr
to make a whirring sound.

13. (v.t.) burr
to pronounce with a burr.

14. (n.) Burr
Aaron, 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.

Definition of 'burr'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bur, burr
seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2. (noun) burr
rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

3. (noun) Burr, Aaron Burr
United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)

4. (noun) burr
rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece

5. (verb) bur, burr
small bit used in dentistry or surgery

6. (verb) bur, burr
remove the burrs from

Definition of 'burr'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) burr
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

2. (noun) burr
the thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2

3. (noun) burr
a ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4

4. (noun) burr
the lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5

5. (noun) burr
the sweetbread

6. (noun) burr
a clinker; a partially vitrified brick

7. (noun) burr
a small circular saw

8. (noun) burr
a triangular chisel

9. (noun) burr
a drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists

10. (noun) burr
the round knob of an antler next to a deer's head

11. (noun) burr
a prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1

12. (noun) burr
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

13. (noun) burr
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

14. (noun) burr
a broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping

15. (noun) burr
the lobe or lap of the ear

16. (noun) burr
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

17. (noun) burr
the knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8

18. (verb) burr
to speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur

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