| NOUN | plant | burr, bur | seed vessel having hooks or prickles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absorber ... weber / Weber: 72 rhymes with ber... | |
| Meaning | seed vessel having hooks or prickles. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | power tool | A tool driven by a motor |
| Meaning | small bit used in dentistry or surgery. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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