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You can make 7 words from burr according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of burr

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Definitions and meaning of burr

burr

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝ/
• Homophones: Burr, brr
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).

Noun

burr (plural burrs)

1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
2. A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.

   Synonym: sticker
3. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
4. 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.
5. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
6. The ear lobe.
7. A burr knot or burl.
8. The knot at the bottom of an antler.
9. (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.

   Synonyms: millstone, grindstone

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Translations

Verb

burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred)

1. (transitive, engineering) To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces).

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire

Noun

burr (plural burrs)

1. A rough humming sound.
2. A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

Translations

Verb

burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred)

1. (transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
2. (intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.

Translations

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

burr (plural burrs)

1. (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.

Etymology 4

From burl.

Noun

burr (plural burrs)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of burl

Further reading

• “burr”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “burr”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “burr”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “burr”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Albanian

Noun

burr

1. Gheg form of burrë

References

• Jungg, G. (1895) “burr”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 13

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“male offspring; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”). Cognate with Old English byre, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur).

Noun

burr m

1. son
   1. (when preceded by genitive of jǫrð) kenning for Thor.
      • verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)

   Synonym: sonr

2. poet

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: bur

References

• “burr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yatzachi Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burr (possessed xpurr)

1. donkey
2. donkey-load

Derived terms

References

• Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎^[6], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 31