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burin

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbjʊər.ɪn/Part of speech nounSorted binruStarts with BEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving

Word origin

Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.

Used in a sentence

  • I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin.

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