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noun
1.
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
2.
any bur-bearing plant.
3.
something that adheres like a bur.
4.
5.
Dentistry. a rotary cutting tool usually of steel or other hard metal shaped into a shank and a head, for removing carious material from teeth and preparing cavities for filling.
verb (used with object)
7.
to extract or remove burs from.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English burre, apparently cognate with Danish burre, Norwegian, Swedish borre bur
1300–50; Middle English burre, apparently cognate with Danish burre, Norwegian, Swedish borre bur
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bur (bɜː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a seed vessel or flower head, as of burdock, having hooks or prickles |
| 2. | any plant that produces burs |
| 3. | a person or thing that clings like a bur |
| 4. | a small surgical or dental drill |
| 5. | burr a variant spelling of burr |
| —vb , burs, burring, burred | |
| 6. | (tr) to remove burs from |
| [C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish burre bur, Swedish kardborre burdock] | |
| BUR | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Myanmar (international car registration) | |
| [from | |
| Bur. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Myanmar (Burma) | |
| burr or bur3 (bɜː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a washer fitting around the end of a rivet |
| 2. | a blank punched out of sheet metal |
| [C16 (in the sense: broad ring on a spear): variant of burrow (in obsolete sense: | |
| bur or bur3 | |
| —n | |
| [C16 (in the sense: broad ring on a spear): variant of burrow (in obsolete sense: | |
| burr, buhr or bur4 (bɜː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | short for buhrstone |
| 2. | a mass of hard siliceous rock surrounded by softer rock |
| [C18: probably from | |
| buhr, buhr or bur4 | |
| —n | |
| [C18: probably from | |
| bur, buhr or bur4 | |
| —n | |
| [C18: probably from | |
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Word Origin & History
bur
"prickly seed vessel of some plants," c.1300, burre, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Dan. borre, Swed. hard-borre, O.N. burst "bristle"), from PIE *bhars- (see bristle). Transferred 1610s to "rough edge on metal," which may have been the source of the sense "rough sound
of the letter -r-" (see burr).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bur or burr (bûr)
n.
A rotary cutting instrument used in dentistry for excavating decay, shaping cavity forms, and reducing tooth structure.
A drilling tool for enlarging a trephine hole in the cranium.
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Science Dictionary
bur also burr  (bûr) Pronunciation Key
A type of pseudocarp in which the outer surface possesses hooks or barbs. Burs become caught in the feathers or hair of animals, which then carry them away to disperse the seeds. |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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Bur.
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