burr

[ UK /bˈɜː/ ]
[ US /ˈbɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
  2. rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
  3. small bit used in dentistry or surgery
  4. seed vessel having hooks or prickles
VERB
  1. remove the burrs from
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How To Use burr In A Sentence

  • ‘Welcome to Scotland, laddie,’ growls Getch in his best through-the-beard burr.
  • Then there are the Socceroos and Matildas in soccer, the Kookaburras and the Hockeyroos in field hockey.
  • A related species, the burrowing bettong, will scavenge sheep carcasses.
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  • The pieces should be sturdy, worm-free and consider just how will you clean up the mess if you send a slop of beef gravy down that gorgeous burr walnut façade?
  • Two shrubs here are desert broom and burro bush, while wildflowers include desert honeysuckle, with long, tubular, brick-red flowers, and woolly feverfew, with white or greenish flowers.
  • In the 1800's Americans used to live out on the prairies in sod huts before the days of the microwave burrito. Thoughts on TSHTF
  • Mother turtles burrow into the sand to lay their eggs.
  • After a slow May in which he batted just .250 while being slowed by aftereffects from the injury, Burroughs rebounded to hit .355 in the month of June and .362 in the month of July. USATODAY.com - Padres 2002 prospect report
  • Hundreds of parishioners were working with bare hands, shovels and harrows, extending the church by burrowing out a crypt.
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