bur
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- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
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- 3
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Definition of bur
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
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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.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English burre, of unknown origin but probably from North Germanic (Scandinavian) source or from Old English byrst (“bristle”). See also burr. Compare English bristle, Danish burre (“bur, burdock”), Norwegian borre, Swedish borre, and Old Norse burst (“bristle”).
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