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Word entry · 4 letters

burr

Best crossword clue

"Rough edge"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /bɝ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted brruStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2U3R4R

Definitions

  1. remove the burrs from

Word origin

From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] nay Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I ſhal ſticke.
  • But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
  • You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation.

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