burr-headed

1. 1.

   having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)

   Similarheaded

Questions about burr-headed

What does burr-headed mean?

burr-headed means "having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)".

How many syllables are in burr-headed?

burr-headed has 4 syllables: burr--he-a-ded. The stress falls on "he".

Is burr-headed a common word?

burr-headed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.