burrow

Other forms of burrow

plural

burrows·

past tense

burrowed·

present participle

burrowing·

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 burrow

What does burrow mean?

burrow means "a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burrow?

burrow has 2 syllables: bur-row. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbɝoʊ/.

What is another word for burrow?

Close synonyms include tunnel, tunnel. 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 burrow a common word?

burrow is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 burrow?

1 word rhymes with burrow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.