Definitions for burrbɜr
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
burrbɜr(n.)
a protruding ragged edge raised on metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
Category: Machinery, Metallurgy
a rough protuberance on any object.
a hand-held rotary power tool used to cut small recesses.
Category: Metallurgy, Machinery
(v.t.)to form a rough point or edge on.
to remove burrs from.
Ref: Also, bur 1 1 4 (for defs. 1,3 ).
Origin of burr:
1605–15; sp. var. of bur
burrbɜr(n.)
a washer placed at the head of a rivet.
Category: Building Trades
a blank punched out of sheet metal.
Category: Metallurgy
Origin of burr:
1375–1425; late ME burrewez (pl.), buruhe circle, var. of brough round tower, metathetic var. of burgh
burrbɜr(n.)
a pronunciation of (r) as a uvular trill, as in some Northern English dialects.
Category: Phonetics
a pronunciation of (r) as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
Category: Phonetics
a whirring noise.
(v.i.)to speak with a burr.
Category: Phonetics
to make a whirring sound.
(v.t.)to pronounce with a burr.
Category: Phonetics
Origin of burr:
1750–60; imit.
Burrbɜr(n.)
Aaron, 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
bur, burr(noun)
seed vessel having hooks or prickles
burr(noun)
rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
Burr, Aaron Burr(noun)
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)
burr(noun)
rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
bur, burr(verb)
small bit used in dentistry or surgery
bur, burr(verb)
remove the burrs from
Webster Dictionary
Burr(noun)
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
Burr(noun)
the thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2
Burr(noun)
a ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4
Burr(noun)
the lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5
Burr(noun)
the sweetbread
Burr(noun)
a clinker; a partially vitrified brick
Burr(noun)
a small circular saw
Burr(noun)
a triangular chisel
Burr(noun)
a drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists
Burr(noun)
the round knob of an antler next to a deer's head
Burr(noun)
a prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1
Burr(noun)
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
Burr(noun)
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
Burr(noun)
a broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping
Burr(noun)
the lobe or lap of the ear
Burr(noun)
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
Burr(noun)
the knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8
Burr(verb)
to speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur
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