Bur (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
  2. any bur-bearing plant.
  3. something that adheres like a bur.
  4. burr1 (defs. 1, 3).
  5. a rotary cutting tool usually of steel or other hard metal shaped into a shank and a head, for removing carious material from teeth and preparing cavities for filling.
  6. a cutting tool resembling that of a dentist, used for the excavation of bone.
verb (used with object), burred, bur·ring.
  1. to extract or remove burs from.
noun
  1. burr2.
abbreviation
  1. bureau.
abbreviation
  1. Burma.
noun
  1. a seed vessel or flower head, as of burdock, having hooks or prickles
  2. any plant that produces burs
  3. a person or thing that clings like a bur
  4. a small surgical or dental drill
  5. a variant spelling of burr 3, burr 4
verb burs, burring or burred
  1. to remove burs from
abbreviation for
  1. Myanmar (international car registration)
abbreviation for
  1. Myanmar (Burma)
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