"bur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɝ/ [US], /bɜː(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bur.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bur.wav [Southern-England] Forms: burs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|burre}} Middle English burre, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|da|burre|t=bur, burdock}} Danish burre (“bur, burdock”), {{m|en|burr}} burr Head templates: {{en-noun}} bur (plural burs)
  1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
    Sense id: en-bur-en-noun-OM9a5PQI
  2. Any of several plants having such husks.
    Sense id: en-bur-en-noun-5KtgKPJA
  3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
    Sense id: en-bur-en-noun-u7pN2vyY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 34 47 16
  4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: burr (extra: small piece of material)
    Sense id: en-bur-en-noun-WmCzGMjF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burr Derived forms: buffalo bur, buffalo-bur, buffalo-bur nightshade, bur block, bur marigold, bur oak, bur-reed

Inflected forms

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