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burry

burry adjective: abounding in burs.

Adjective

burry (comparative burrier, superlative burriest)

  1. Abounding in burs.
    • burry wool
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a bur.
  3. (or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.

Proper noun capitalized: Burry

Burry

  1. A surname.

Forms of burry

comparativeburrier
superlativeburriest

Origin of burry

From Middle English burry, bury, equivalent to bur + -y.

Questions about burry

What does burry mean?
Burry means abounding in burs.
What part of speech is burry?
Burry can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near burry in the dictionary

  1. Burrungubugge
  2. Burruss
  3. Burrusses
  4. burrweed
  5. burrweeds
  6. burry
  7. Burry Port
  8. burs
  9. bursa
  10. bursa of Fabricius
  11. bursacyte

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