Burr

Quick meaning: Burr is a noun meaning A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

Meaning

A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

More Meanings

1. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
2. 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.
3. The ear lobe.
4. A burr knot or burl.
5. Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”).
6. (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
7. (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.

Example Sentences

burr or ring of iron behind the hand

[…] nay Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I ſhal ſticke.

But the graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs

You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation.

Word Forms

• burrs
• burring
• burred

Synonyms for burr

Depending on context, synonyms include sticker, brough, bur.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bur, yes, thorn, barb, spine, sticker.

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