Dictionary Definition
burr
Noun
1 seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn:
bur]
2 rough projection left on a workpiece after
drilling or cutting
3 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) [syn:
Aaron
Burr]
4 rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a
workpiece
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ɜː(r)
Noun
Translations
sliver or splinter
seed pod with sharp features
German: Klette
material left on an edge after cutting
German: Grat
Extensive Definition
Burr may refer to:
- Burr (fruit), a type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks
- The Burr distribution, a continuous probability distribution
- A burr (metal), a deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined
- Burr wood, a deformed type of wood in which the grain has been misformed
- A burr (cutter), a small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking
- A burr puzzle, a type of interlocking mechanical puzzle
- Burr (novel), a book about Aaron Burr by Gore Vidal
- Burr, or Borr, a god of Norse Mythology
- The British spelling for burl
- Any English regional accent with a guttural R, such as the Northumberland burr
- Burr, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Burrageara
- Burr Truss, an architectural feature often used in covered bridges
- Burr (crater) is a crater on Callisto
- Aaron Burr, US vice president
- Albert G. Burr, US politician
- Bill Burr, stand-up comedian
- Clive Burr, drummer
- George Elbert Burr, American painter and printmaker
- George Lincoln Burr, American historian
- Harold Saxton Burr, American anatomist
- Jeff Burr, movie actor, scenarist and producer
- Joseph Burr Tyrrell, geologist
- Raymond Burr, actor
- Richard Burr, US politician
- Theodore Burr, inventor of the Burr Truss
See also
burr in German: Burr
burr in French: Burr
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accent,
adherent, adhesive, barnacle, belch, blare, blat, boll, bramble, bray, brier, bristle, broad accent, brogue, bulldog, buzz, cackle, cactus, capsule, catchweed, caw, cement, chirr, chiseling, clang, clangor, clank, clash, cleavers, cod, craunch, croak, cross-hatching, crump, crunch, decal, decalcomania, demitint, drawl, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, follicle, gem-engraving,
glass-cutting, glue,
glyptic, goose grass,
graving, grind, groan, growl, grumble, gunk, half tint, hatching, hull, husk, incision, inscript, inscription, jangle, jar, leech, legume, legumen, limpet, line, lining, marking, molasses, mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pease cod, pericarp, pine needle, plaster, pod, prickle, quill, rasp, regional accent, remora, score, scoring, scranch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scrunch, seed pod, seed vessel,
seedbox, seedcase, silique, slash, slashing, snarl, snore, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, stipple, stippling, syrup, thistle, thorn, tint, tooling, twang, type-cutting, yucca