NOUN | plant | burr, bur | seed vessel having hooks or prickles |
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artifact | burr | rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting | |
person | Burr, Aaron Burr | United States politician / politician who served as vice president under Jefferson | |
artifact | burr | rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece | |
artifact | burr, bur | small bit used in dentistry or surgery | |
VERB | change | burr, bur | remove the burrs from |
Sounds | ber' | |
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Rhymes | absorber ... weber / Weber: 72 rhymes with ber... |
Meaning | seed vessel having hooks or prickles. | |
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Synonym | bur | |
Narrower | Spanish needles, beggar-ticks | The seed of bur marigolds |
Broader | pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
Spanish | erizo | |
Catalan | eriçó | |
Adjectives | burrlike | resembling a burr |
burry | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | |
Verbs | burr | remove the burrs from |
Meaning | rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting. | |
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Broader | projection | Any structure that branches out from a central support |
Meaning | United States politician / politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836). | |
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Synonym | Aaron Burr | |
Instance of | politician, politico, pol, political leader | A person active in party politics |
Spanish | Aaron Burr | |
Catalan | Aaron Burr |
Meaning | Rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece. | |
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Broader | power tool | A tool driven by a motor |
Meaning | small bit used in dentistry or surgery. | |
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Synonym | bur | |
Part of | dentist's drill, burr drill | A high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth |
Broader | bit | The cutting part of a drill |
Meaning | Remove the burrs from. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | bur | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Nouns | burr | seed vessel having hooks or prickles |
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