burrow

burrow is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An incorporated town. See 1st Borough. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
2. noun. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
3. noun. A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
4. noun. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
5. intransitive verb. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
6. intransitive verb. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
7. noun. a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

   Synonyms: tunnel

8. verb. move through by or as by digging

   "burrow through the forest"

   Synonyms: tunnel

Synonyms

tunnel

Common word forms

burrows, burrowed, burrower, burrowing

Words from these letters

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