burr - use in sentences
Converse of object
- remove: To finish, remove the burr on the flat side with a few light strokes.
- produce: Special design allows even load during cutting and produces a burr free hole that needs no extra finishing.
- raise: Here all the raised burr has been burnished away, leaving none of the velvety mezzotint quality.
- use: Once all visible papilloma was removed, residual mucosa was removed by using a diamond burr to polish bone at the site of origin.
- have: The male main singer's voice has a lovely Scottish burr and their are gentle female vocals too.
Adjective modifier
- soft: A gentle soft burr devoid of the bustle of Dublin or the harshness of Belfast.
- West: In a good mood, he would have done his impressions of the Starkers discussing it in their rough West Country burr.
- gentle: A gentle soft burr devoid of the bustle of Dublin or the harshness of Belfast.
- French: In the 1770s the wheel was powering three pairs of stones - one each of Cullens, peak and French burr.
Modifies a noun
- walnut: This involves the burr walnut veneer being placed onto the glued MDF.
- grinder: We sell a good Russell Hobbs burr grinder for £ 24.49, click to view.
- elm: The shield is made of burr elm, rich in color with lots of features throughout the grain.
- oak: The ground floor also provides: Master bedroom gargantuan sleigh bed, plush carpet and stunning pieces of burr oak furniture.
- stone: The mill ran two pairs of French burr stones.
- hole: Then he let Rodney take the lead in another burr hole for a chronic subdural.
Modifying Another Word
- that: Where they exit into the barrel, grind and round the port edges removing any burrs that obstruct the ports.
Noun used with modifier
- country: In a good mood, he would have done his impressions of the Starkers discussing it in their rough West Country burr.
- thuya: The materals used include Silver, gold, African blackwood, Spanish olivewood, thuya burr, bone and blue moonstones.
Used with why or when
- that: Check the handles for cuts or burrs that might catch unwary fingers.
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