bur

Significat (anglès)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).

Sinònims

burr

agrimony

drill

burdock

bore

borer

burl

case

cone

ferocity

fin

knur

prickle

shell

🐚

sticker

trepan

wildness

bitstock

Arctium

clotbur

straight bit

dental drill

subula

auger

bit

bodkin

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bɝ/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr.