bur

1. 1.

   remove the burrs from

   Synonymsburr

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Other forms of bur

plural

burs·

past tense or participle

burred

present participle

burring

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bur

What does bur mean?

bur means "seed vessel having hooks or prickles". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bur?

bur has 1 syllable: bur. In IPA it is /ˈbɝ/.

What is another word for bur?

Close synonyms include burr, burr, burr. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bur a common word?

bur is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bur?

3 words rhyme with bur. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.