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BUR

\bˈɜː], \bˈɜː], \b_ˈɜː]\

Definitions of BUR

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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small bit used in dentistry or surgery
seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

small bit used in dentistry or surgery
seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Alt. of Burr

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Alt. of Burr

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The prickly seed-vessel of a plant; a concave screw.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A protuberance; lump.
An unwelcome adherent.
A burrstone. See BURR.
A roughness or rough edge, or a tool that produces it.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A dental drill with a serrated head larger than the shank, usually operated by a dental engine. [Old Eng]
The burdock, Arctium lappa, or its prickly head, also any similar prickly structure on a plant.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

A rough head of a plant

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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