Burr is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BURR in dictionary:

VERB:
• to remove the rough edge from
• make a whirring sound.
• speak with a regional accent, especially one in which the letter r is prominent.
• form a rough edge on (metal).
• To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
• remove the burrs from
• form a rough edge on (a workpiece)
NOUN:
• a whirring sound, such as a telephone ringing tone or the sound of cogs turning.
• a rough pronunciation of the letter r, especially with a uvular trill as in a Northumberland accent.
• (loosely) a regional accent
• a rough edge or ridge left on an object (especially of metal) by the action of a tool or machine.
• a small rotary cutting tool with a shaped end, used chiefly in woodworking and dentistry.
• a small surgical drill for making holes in bone, especially in the skull.
• a siliceous rock used for millstones.
• a whetstone.
• a prickly seed case or flower head that clings to clothing and animal fur.
• a plant that produces burrs, for example bur-reed.
• denoting wood containing knots or other growths which show a pattern of dense swirls in the grain when sawn, used for veneers and other decorative woodwork
• small rotary file
• Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.
• The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
• A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
• The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
• The sweetbread.
• A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
• A small circular saw.
• A triangular chisel.
• A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
• The round knob of an antler next to a deer\'s head.
• A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
• The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
• A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
• A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
• The lobe or lap of the ear.
• A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
• The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
• seed vessel having hooks or prickles
• rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
• 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)
• rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
• small bit used in dentistry or surgery
• the coronet of a deer's antler.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to remove a rough edge from

Words related to BURR

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Words that contain BURR

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How to use BURR in a sentence

• In this election, Jefferson and Burr, candidates of the same party, received the same number of votes and each had a majority.
• The names of Livingston, George Clinton, and Burr had been suggested.
• Burr applied to Samuel Smith, a United States Senator from Maryland, for his testimony.
• The career of Aaron Burr can never be repeated in the United States.
• When Burr found that he could do nothing in Kentucky and Tennessee, he prepared to go to New Orleans.
• He was intelligent, educated and really a distinguished orator, and Burr took a great fancy to him.
• The author fled, deciding that he certainly would do just that! Burr came home.
• The name of Crutchfield went down, and Burr and Webb ran hotly neck to neck.
• Instead of being overwhelmed by the great Virginian, Burr received an equal number of electoral votes, and the contest was referred to Congress for decision.
• Hamilton died next day, and Burr, his political career at an end, buried himself in the West.
• The character and memory of Burr, in the popular imagination, have been blackened beyond the hope of bleaching.
• Japan clover and burr clover will grow on almost any kind of soil, but on good soils the growth will, of course, be much more vigorous than on poor soils.
• Whether sown in the burr or otherwise, it is better to cover the seed with the harrow.
• Burr had been a Senator from New York, and was at the time of the duel Vice-President of the United States.
• Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government.
• He had at this time made the acquaintance of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.
• But since the number was equal, it devolved upon the House of Representatives to determine whether Jefferson or Burr should be President.
• At Richmond, during the six months of the trial, Burr tasted the last of the sweets of popularity.
• Burr, in his later years, used to say that it was he who had brought about the match which made Mrs.
• But after his death the trunk was sent to Burr, who found and preserved this affecting composition.
• This time Burr came down the river, not as an attorney seeking a place for his office, but as a disguised conqueror.
• It was when Burr, having abandoned his first enterprise, descended the Mississippi, that he was arrested.
• Subsequently, however, he denounced Burr, and pretended that he had deceived him.
• He knew every Cabinet secret, and took advantage of every one, and had placed himself prominently before the people, and with Burr was elected.

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