bur
IPA: bˈɝ
noun
- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- Any of several plants having such husks.
- A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
- A surname.
- Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”). [A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.]
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Examples of "bur" in Sentences
- Bur still no reference to pogroms.
- Straight handpiece with a sharp bur.
- The burs are hairy and sometimes spiny.
- Bur P is not a consumer warning service.
- Creosote bush and bur sage dominate valley floors.
- Maybe not a compliment bur certainly not an insult.
- The outer ends of the projections are jagged or burred.
- Common names include bur buttercup and curveseed butterwort.
- The cutting component of a card scraper is the burred edge of the scraper.
- Other trees include the bur oak, the Black Hills spruce, and the cottonwood.
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