Bur vs Burr - What's the difference?
bur | burr | Alternative forms |
A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
Any of several plants having such husks.
A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
(small piece of material)
A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
* Tomlinson
A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
The earlobe.
The knot at the bottom of an antler.
(obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
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Burr is a synonym of bur.
Burr is a alternative form of bur.
As nouns the difference between bur and burr
is that bur is a rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants while burr is a sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.As a verb burr is
to pronounce with a rolled "r".As a proper noun Burr is
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English
Alternative forms
* burrNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----burr
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
Synonyms
* (kind of seed pod) sticker; burDerived terms
* deburrEtymology 2
Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes