burr has definitions from the fields of dentistry,botany,politics
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[ noun ] (botany) seed vessel having hooks or prickles

Synonyms

bur

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pericarp spanish_needles bur

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[ noun ] rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

On the truck_bed there was nothing smaller than a piece of rusty machinery ; with more time I could have loosened a small burr or cotter_pin -

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projection

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[ verb ] remove the burrs from

Synonyms

bur

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remove bur

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[ noun ] rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece

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power_tool

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[ noun ] (politics) 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)

Synonyms

aaron_burr

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politician

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1824
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[ noun ] (dentistry) small bit used in dentistry or surgery

Synonyms

bur

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bit dentist's_drill

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