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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
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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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