Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burr

5 senses of burr

Sense 1
bur, burr -- (seed vessel having hooks or prickles)
       => pericarp, seed vessel -- (the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary)

Sense 2
burr -- (rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting)
       => projection -- (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Sense 3
Burr, Aaron Burr -- (United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836))
       INSTANCE OF=> politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)

Sense 4
burr -- (rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece)
       => power tool -- (a tool driven by a motor)

Sense 5
bur, burr -- (small bit used in dentistry or surgery)
       => bit -- (the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burr

1 sense of burr

Sense 1
bur, burr -- (remove the burrs from)
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")