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bur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bøː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /bɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /bɝ/ (US)
  • /beː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /bɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʌr/ (Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

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”).

Meanings

  1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
  2. Any of several plants having such husks.
  3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
  4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).
    alt of burr

Forms

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burs Number=Plur lexicographic
burr alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

burlike · debur · beach bur · butterbur · burweed · burgrass · bur marigold · bur-reed · bur oak · buffalo bur · bur block · buffalo-bur nightshade · burdock · burry · buffalo-bur · burfish · burseed · sandbur · cocklebur