burr

burr has 24 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
• n.. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
• n.. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
• n.. The sweetbread.
• n.. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
• n.. A small circular saw.
• n.. A triangular chisel.
• n.. A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
• n.. The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
• n.. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
• n.. 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.