adjective
-·rier, -·ri·est- full of burs
- like a bur; prickly
adjective
The definition of burry is someone or something that is prickly or full of burs.
An example of burry is a dog's coat after playing in a dry, weed-filled field.
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burry
adjective
-·rier, -·ri·est having a burr: said of speech
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burry
adjective
bur·ri·er, bur·ri·estHaving burs; prickly.
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Origin
bur + -y
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Sentence Examples
- Its status was only that of a "creek" in the port of Cardiff till 1685, when it was made an independent port with jurisdiction over Newton (now Porthcawl), Neath or Briton Ferry and South Burry, its limits being defined in 1847 as extending from Nash Point on the east to Whitford Point on the west, but in 1904 Port Talbot, which was included in this area, was made into a separate port.
- LLANELLY, a market town, urban district, and seaport of Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated on the north shore of the broad estuary of the river Loughor (Llwchwr), known as Burry river, which forms an inlet of Carmarthen Bay.