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# burr

noun (a burr, burrs; also bur)

«burr» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A burr is a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such as from burdock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#m1)
2. A burr is a rough edge left on metal or wood after cutting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#m2)
3. A burr is a way of speaking with a rolled r sound, as in some Scottish or West Country accents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons burrs show how plants spread seeds by hitching a ride on animals; they gave the idea for Velcro. In everyday life, children pick burrs off socks after a walk. Phrases: covered in burrs, a soft burr in his voice.

### Examples

- The dog came home covered in burrs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x1)
- I pulled burrs off my socks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x2)
- Burrs stick to fur with tiny hooks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x3)
- The file smoothed the burr on the metal edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x4)
- The farmer spoke with a soft Scottish burr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x5)
- A man saw burrs on his dog and invented Velcro. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a burr, burrs. Also spelled bur. Do not confuse with brr, a sound you make when cold, or with purr, the sound of a cat. Burr is said like the word her with a b.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «burr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«burr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/burr.html) on Mova free.