Bur Definition

bʉr
burred, burring
noun
The rough, prickly seedcase or fruit of certain plants, as the sticktight, cocklebur, etc.
Webster's New World
A weed or other plant with burs.
Webster's New World
Anything that clings like a bur.
Webster's New World
A persistently clinging or nettlesome person or thing.
American Heritage
A rough protuberance, especially a burl on a tree.
American Heritage
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abbreviation
Bureau.
Webster's New World
Bureau.
Webster's New World
Burma.
Webster's New World
Burmese.
Webster's New World
verb
burred, burring
To remove burs from.
Webster's New World
To burr.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
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prefix

Placename prefix, indicated site of a fortified place.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bur

Noun

Singular:
bur
Plural:
burs

Origin of Bur

  • From a Scandinavian language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English burre of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English burh (“fortified place”)

    From Wiktionary

Bur Sentence Examples

  • The south-western shore is generally low, with sand hills covered with shrivelled pines and bur oaks.

  • Many trees of the eastern forest, such as basswood, sugar, river and red maple, red, white and black ash, red and rock elm, black and bur oak, white and red pine and red cedar find their western limit here.

  • As told at school Jesus died on the cross bur rose again hence Easter sunday.

  • Anthrop. iv., 1891; Holmes, Archaeological Studies; see Hodge's List, Bur.

  • Remove a semi-circle of bone from the buccal alveolar crest with a small round bur (½ or 1 ).

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Words Starting With

BBUBUR

Words Ending With

RURBUR

Unscrambles

bur

Words Starting With B and Ending With R

Starts With B & Ends With RStarts With BU & Ends With RStarts With B & Ends With UR

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With B3 Letter Words Ending With R