1. burr

noun. ['ˈbɝː'] seed vessel having hooks or prickles.

Rhymes with Burr

• entrepreneur
• restauranteur
• restaurateur
• transfer
• saboteur
• redifer
• francoeur
• connoisseur
• reoccur
• ramseur
• prefer
• monsieur
• lefleur
• lafleur
• defleur
• credeur
• confer
• concur
• refer
• recur
• oclair
• o'clair
• mcgirr
• mccur
• liqueur
• inter
• infer
• incur
• esquer
• dufur

How do you pronounce burr?

Pronounce burr as bər.

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Sentences with burr

1. Noun, singular or mass
Sliding it off the edge of the stone will help raise the burr.

2. cockle-burr

noun. any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.

3. burr-headed

adjective. having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly).

4. burr

noun. ['ˈbɝː'] rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting.

5. burr

noun. ['ˈbɝː'] small bit used in dentistry or surgery.

6. burr

verb. ['ˈbɝː'] remove the burrs from.

7. burr

noun. ['ˈbɝː'] rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece.

8. Burr

noun. United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836).