burr
burr is a 4-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- 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.
- noun. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
- noun. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
- noun. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
- noun. The sweetbread.
- noun. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
- noun. A small circular saw.
- noun. A triangular chisel.
- noun. A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
- noun. The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
- noun. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
- 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.
- 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.
- noun. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- noun. The lobe or lap of the ear.
- 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.
- noun. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
- intransitive verb. To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
- noun. small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- noun. rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- noun. rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
- 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)
- noun. seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- verb. remove the burrs from
Synonyms
Common word forms
burrs, burred, burrer, burring
Words from these letters
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