bur: Meaning and Definition of

bur

1. a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
2. any bur-bearing plant.
3. something that adheres like a bur.
4. burr (defs. 1, 3).
5. a rotary cutting tool usually of steel or other hard metal shaped into a shank and a head, for removing carious material from teeth and preparing cavities for filling.
6. a cutting tool resembling that of a dentist, used for the excavation of bone.

1. to extract or remove burs from.

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1. burr.

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1. Burma.

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1. bureau.