burr

Definition of Burr in English :

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Noun

1. bur, burr

seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2. burr

rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

3. aaron burr, 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)

aaron burr

4. burr

rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece

5. bur, burr

small bit used in dentistry or surgery

Verb

6. bur, burr

remove the burrs from

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Burr

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noun

a small power-driven hand-operated rotary file, esp for removing burrs or for machining recesses

a rough edge left on a workpiece after cutting, drilling, etc

a rough or irregular protuberance, such as a burl on a tree

4. British

a burl on the trunk or root of a tree, sliced across for use as decorative veneer

noun, verb

5. a variant spelling of bur

verb (transitive)

to form a rough edge on (a workpiece)

to remove burrs from (a workpiece) by grinding, filing, etc; deburr

noun

1. phonetics

an articulation of (r) characteristic of certain English dialects, esp the uvular fricative trill of Northumberland or the retroflex r of the West of England

a whirring sound

verb

to pronounce (words) with a burr

to make a whirring sound

noun

a washer fitting around the end of a rivet

a blank punched out of sheet metal

noun

1. short for buhrstone

a mass of hard siliceous rock surrounded by softer rock

noun

Aaron. 1756–1836, US vice-president (1800–04), who fled after killing a political rival in a duel and plotted to create an independent empire in the western US; acquitted (1807) of treason

Burr

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Aaron1756-1836; U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. (1801-05): killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel (1804)

noun

a rough edge or ridge left on metal or other material by cutting or drilling

a washer on the small end of a rivet

bur1 (sense 1) bur1 (sense 2) bur1 (sense 3)

verb transitive

to form a rough edge on

to remove burrs from (metal)

noun

the trilling of r, with uvula or tongue, as in the dialectal speech of northern England and Scotland

a whirring sound

verb intransitive

to speak with a burr

to make a whir

verb transitive

to pronounce with a burr

noun

buhrstone

Burr

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1. A rough edge or area remaining on material, such as metal, after it has been cast, cut, or drilled.

2. Variant of bur¹.

tr.v. burred, burr·ing, burrs

1. To form a burr on.

2. To remove burrs from.

1. A trilling of the letter r, usually made with the tip of the tongue and characteristic of Scottish speech.

2. A buzzing or whirring sound.

v. burred, burr·ing, burrs also burs

v.tr.

To pronounce with a burr.

v.intr.

1. To speak with a burr.

2. To make a buzzing or whirring sound.

A washer that fits around the smaller end of a rivet.

American politician who became vice president of the United States (1801-1805) under Thomas Jefferson after a deadlock in the electoral college was broken by the House of Representatives. In 1804, Burr mortally wounded his rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel. He later became involved in a conspiracy to establish an independent nation in Mexico and the Southwest and was tried for treason but acquitted.

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