borrel

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UK/ˈbɒɹəl/US/ˈbɔɹəl/US/ˈbɑɹəl/

noun

A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; a red butter pear.

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Meanings

borrel1

nounborrel (plural borrels)

plural borrels

  1. A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; a red butter pear.

borrel2

adjectiveborrel (comparative more borrel, superlative most borrel)

comparative more borrel · superlative most borrel · alternative burrel

  1. obsoleteIgnorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

    Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel, Of heaven, to deemen so: Howbe I am but rude and borrel, Yet nearer ways I know.

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC

Origin

borrel · noun

Compare Old French burel (“reddish”) or French beurré (“butter pear”).

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borrel · adjective

Probably from burel (“coarse woolen cloth”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with borrel

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Anagrams

Lorber
Cite this entry
APA

borrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrel

MLA

“borrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “borrel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrel.

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