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Definition of burr noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

burr

noun
 
/bɜː(r)/
 
/bɜːr/
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  1. [usually singular] a strong pronunciation of the ‘r’ sound, typical of some accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English; an accent with this type of pronunciation
    • She speaks with a soft West Country burr.
  2. [usually singular] the soft regular noise made by parts of a machine moving quickly synonym whir
  3. (also bur)
     [countable] the seed container of some plants that sticks to clothes or furTopics Plants and treesc2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (3)): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish burre ‘burr, burdock’, Swedish kard-borre ‘burdock’.
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