bur
pronunciation
How to pronounce bur in British English:
UK [bə:]
How to pronounce bur in American English:
US [bɚ]
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- Noun:
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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- Verb:
- remove the burrs from
Word Origin
- bur (n.)
- "prickly seed vessel of some plants," c. 1300, burre, from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish borre, Swedish hard-borre, Old Norse burst "bristle"), from PIE *bhars- (see bristle (n.)). Transferred 1610s to "rough edge on metal," which might be the source of the sense "rough sound of the letter -r-" (see burr).
Example
- 1. Nobody ever forget where he bur a hatchet .
- 2. She have bur all her female friends ; I wish she will make friend with my wife .
- 3. She has bur all her female friends ; I wish she will make friend with my wife .
- 4. Bur we 're talking kings and succesions .
- 5. Bur it is known that senator kennedy gave a toast more poignant than the one previous evening .